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Why our theories of innovation fail us

Published: 23 November 2015 Publication History

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Until we moderate our fascination with creating ideas, we will not achieve the rate of innovations we seek.

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  • (2020)Ontology-Based Measurement of Study Program Innovativeness in the Area of Economics and ManagementHandbook of Research on Enhancing Innovation in Higher Education Institutions10.4018/978-1-7998-2708-5.ch017(381-407)Online publication date: 2020

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cover image Communications of the ACM
Communications of the ACM  Volume 58, Issue 12
December 2015
115 pages
ISSN:0001-0782
EISSN:1557-7317
DOI:10.1145/2847579
  • Editor:
  • Moshe Y. Vardi
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Published: 23 November 2015
Published in CACM Volume 58, Issue 12

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