Innovation in large versus small companies: Insights from the US wood products industry

Management Decision

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 837-850

  Wagner, Ernesto R ^a   Hansen, Eric N ^b  

^a SAIL LLC   (Chile)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chile; Innovation; Process management; Product innovation; United States of America; Wood products

Indexed keywords

EID: 21344444565     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740510603592     Document Type: Article

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