Engaging the business support network to give SMEs the benefit of Foresight

Technovation

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 589-602

  Major, E J ^a,b   Cordey Hayes, M ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

BUSINESS SUPPORT NETWORKS; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISES (SME);

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0034311444     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4972(00)00006-7     Document Type: Article

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