Innovation focus and middle-up-down management model: Empirical evidence

Management Research News

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 785-802

  Sáenz, Josune ^a   Aramburu, Nekane ^a   Rivera, Olga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEUSTO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Innovation; Knowledge creation; Learning; Manufacturing industries; Organizations; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992926532     PISSN: 01409174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409170710832232     Document Type: Article

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