Birgisdóttir, Birna Dröfn

Edwards, Kasper

Gunnarsdóttir, Sigrún

Harlin, Ulrika

Jarebrant, Caroline

Johansson Hanse, Jan

Ulin, Kerstin

Winkel, Jørgen

Birgisd\uf3ttir, Dr\uf6fn B

Gunnarsd\uf3ttir, Sigr\ufan

Ny Harlin, Ulrika

Winkel, J\uf6rgen

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Significance of Servant Leadership for creativity in change processes when using the Lean tool Value Stream Mapping (VSM)

Birgisdóttir, Dröfn B

Winkel, Jörgen

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