Learning cultures for sustained innovation success.

In this conceptual paper, we expose learning cultures that contribute to firms' sustained success in innovations. The learning cultures we propose are based on the cultural theory proposed by Mary Douglas. We argue that different learning cultures have different preferences for modes of learning: th...

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Publicado en:Innovation: The European Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 21; no. 3; pp. 233 - 252
Autores principales: Patel, Taran, Patel, Chirag
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Sep2008
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        Douglas, Mary, 1921-2007
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        cultural theory
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