The role of creativity in business improvement paradigms: US versus Japanese firms

Journal of Systems and Information Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 8-22

  Paper, D ^a   Chang, R ^b   Rodger, J A ^c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Creativity; Customer expectations; US versus Japanese firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993087799     PISSN: 13287265     EISSN: 17588847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13287260080000750     Document Type: Article

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