Smaller enterprises and innovation in the UK: The SPRU innovations database revisited

Research Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-32

  Tether, B S ^a,d   Smith, I J ^b   Thwaites, A T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Teesside   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0006221778     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(96)00911-0     Document Type: Article

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