Human resources management and its impact on innovation performance in companies

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 35, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 11-28

  Cano, Carmen Pérez ^a,b   Cano, Pilar Quevedo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Dept I de Organización Administración de Empresas Y Estadística   (Spain)

Author keywords

Human Resources (HR) management; Innovation performance; Technical and scientific personnel

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

HUMAN RESOURCES (HR) MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL SECTORS; INNOVATION PERFORMANCE; TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC PERSONNEL;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33646848066     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2006.009227     Document Type: Article

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