What makes it so difficult? A systematic review on barriers to radical innovation

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1293-1305

  Sandberg, Birgitta ^a   Aarikka Stenroos, Leena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Innovation barrier; Innovation management; Innovation process; Radical innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027929804     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2014.08.003     Document Type: Article

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