Resource and capability constraints to innovation in small and large plants

Small Business Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 257-277

  Hewitt Dundas, Nola ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33244489602     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-005-2140-3     Document Type: Review

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