Identifying key determinants for new product introductions and firm performance in small service firms

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 625-640

  Vermeulen, Patrick A M ^a   de Jong, Jeroen P J ^b   O'Shaughnessy, K C ^c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EIM Small Business Research and Consultancy   (Netherlands)

^c WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; SERVICE SECTOR;

BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

TRIXIS;

EID: 22144463889     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: 17439507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642060500100783     Document Type: Article

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