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Front MatterSource: International Studies of Management & Organization, Vol. 6, No. 4, INNOVATION(WINTER 1976-77)Published by: M.E. Sharpe, Inc.Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41103837 .
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INTERNATIONAL STUDIES OF MANAGEMENT & ORGANIZA- TION contains translations of material that has appeared orig- inally in scholarly journals and books throughout the world.
EDITOR: J. J. Boddewyn, Baruch College (CUNY) ASSISTANT EDITOR: Joe Hollander, IASP
EDITORIAL BOARD: Yair Aharoni, Tel Aviv University; J. U. Aire, University of Lagos; Horst Albach, Universität Bonn; Robert Ballon, Sophia University, Tokyo; G. R. Dalvi, National Productivity Council, India; S. M. Davis, Columbia University; H.-C.deBettignies, INSEAD; F. E. Emery, Australian National University; Sergio Ferrari, International Labor Office, Italy; Jose Fons-Boronat, Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales de Barcelona; Pjotr Hesseling, Netherlands Eco- nomic University; Knut Holt, Norwegian Institute of Technology; J.-E. Humblet, Centre Universitaire de l'Etat, Mons, Belgium; R. Rees Jones, IP ADE, Mexico; Edward Karanja-Ragui, Univer- sity of Nairobi; Lubor Karlik, Inter-Organization Board for Infor- mation Systems and Related Activities, Geneva; A. K. Kozminski, Central School of Planning and Statistics, Warsaw; D. J. Prins, University of Leiden; Barry M. Richman, UCLA; Arnaud Sales, Université de Montréal; Hans Schoellhammer, UCLA; M. S. Sommers, University of Toronto; Rosemary Stewart, Oxford Centre for Management Studies; Susumu Takamiya, Sophia University, Tokyo; I-Tjhih Tan, Nanyang University, Singapore.
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International Studies of Management & Organization WINTER 1976-77/VOL. VI, NO. 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS
INNOVATION
Guest Editor: Knut Holt Norwegian Institute of Technology,
University of Trondheim
INTRODUCTION Knut Holt and Jean Boddewyn 3
INSTITUTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL REASONS FOR INNOVATION
Andre J. Rigny (France) 7
NEED ASSESSMENT IN PRODUCT INNOVATION Knut Holt (Norway) 26
MODERN TECHNIQUES FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS Horst Geschka, Goetz R. Schaude, and Helmut Schlicksupp (Federal Republic of Germany) 45
PRODUCT INNOVATIONS IN THE DUTCH ENGINEERING INDUSTRY
P. J. M. Beckers (Netherlands) 64
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INDIVIDUAL AND STRUCTURAL FACTORS IN TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION: THE CASE OF THE ARGENTINE MANUFACTURING SECTOR
Ruth Sautu and Catalina Wainerman (Argentina) 79
Index to International Studies of Management & Organization, Volume VI (Spring 1976-Winter 1976/77) 98
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