Methods for Studying Innovation Development in the Minnesota Innovation Research Program*

Methods for Studying Innovation Development in the Minnesota Innovation Research Program Author(s): Andrew H. Van de Ven and Marshall Scott Poole Source: Organization Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Special Issue: Longitudinal Field Research Methods for Studying Processes of Organizational Change (1990), pp. 313-335 Published by: INFORMS Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2635008 . Accessed: 23/02/2011 06:05
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METHODS FOR STUDYING INNOVATION DEVELOPMENT IN THE MINNESOTA INNOVATION RESEARCH PROGRAM*
ANDREW H. VAN DE VEN AND MARSHALLSCOTTPOOLE
StrategicManagementResearch Center, Universityof Minnesota, 271 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
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