Measuring and benchmarking the innovativeness of SMEs: A three-dimensional fuzzy logic approach

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 283-292

  Maravelakis, E ^a   Bilalis, N ^b,d   Antoniadis, A ^a   Jones, K A ^c,e   Moustakis, V ^b,f  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^d IIT Kharagpur   (India)

^e KAJ ISIS Limited   (United Kingdom)

^f INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Innovation; Innovation profile; Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs)

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; INNOVATION PROFILE; SMALL- AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES (SME);

BENCHMARKING; FUZZY SETS; ITERATIVE METHODS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 33646944752     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537280500285532     Document Type: Article

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