Product innovation and competitive advantage in an area of industrial decline: The Niagara region of Canada

Technovation

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 45-54

  Bagchi Sen, Sharmistha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

PRODUCT INNOVATION;

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 0035156578     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4972(00)00016-X     Document Type: Article

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