Small and large firms: Sources of unequal innovations?

Research Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 725-745

  Tether, B S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0006241397     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(98)00079-1     Document Type: Article

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