Longitudinal evaluation of innovation implementation in SMEs

European Journal of Innovation Management

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 283-304

  Humphreys, Paul ^a   McAdam, Rodney ^a   Leckey, Jonathon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Innovation; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 23444453370     PISSN: 14601060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14601060510610162     Document Type: Article

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