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Over the past few decades, the literature on innovation management has focused on explaining how to be innovative in one’s own organization. Even though there is a variety of prescriptions, a key question in all of the perspectives relates to how manageable the innovation process is.
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Guia, J., Prats, L., Comas, J. (2006). Innovation as Institutional Change. A Complexity Approach. In: Sundbo, J., Gallina, A., Serin, G., Davis, J. (eds) Contemporary Management of Innovation. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230378841_12
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