Innovation and interorganizational cooperation: A synthesis of literature

Construction Innovation

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 285-297

  Rutten, Maarten E j ^a   Dorée, André G ^a   Halman, Johannes I m ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Innovation; Knowledge management systems; Research work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993047340     PISSN: 14714175     EISSN: 14770857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14714170910973501     Document Type: Review

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