Financing of small firm product innovation within the UK

Technovation

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 707-719

  Freel, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCE; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MANUFACTURE; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

FUNDING; PRODUCT INNOVATION; PUBLIC SUBSIDIES; RISK CAPITAL; SMALL FIRMS;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0033336046     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4972(99)00082-6     Document Type: Article

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