On the soft side of innovation: Services innovation and its policy implications

Economist

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 433-452

  den Hertog, Pim ^a   Broersma, Lourens ^b   van Ark, Bart ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; SERVICE SECTOR; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 0346907181     PISSN: 0013063X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ECOT.0000006594.68490.85     Document Type: Article

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