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Creating Breakthroughs at 3M

By: E. Von Hippel, S. Thomke and M. Sonnack
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Keywords

Business Conglomerates; Consumer Products Industry

Citation

Von Hippel, E., S. Thomke, and M. Sonnack. "Creating Breakthroughs at 3M." Harvard Business Review 77, no. 5 (September–October 1999). (Reprinted in Health Forum Journal (July/August 2000). Also reprinted in Harvard Business Review on Innovation. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 2001.)
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Stefan H. Thomke

Technology and Operations Management
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