Innovation activities by small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises in Tanzania

Creativity and Innovation Management

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 162-173

  Mahemba, Christopher M ^a   De Bruijn, Erik J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 18844371350     PISSN: 09631690     EISSN: 14678691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8691.00279     Document Type: Article

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