Innovation types and labour organisational practices: A comparison of foreign and domestic firms in the Reggio Emilia industrial districts

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 251-276

  Pini, Paolo ^a   Santangelo, Grazia D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Employees' competences; Horizontal information structure; Process and quality innovations; Product; R D organisational modes

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644912347     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1043859042000269089     Document Type: Article

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