Customers as predictors of rent returns to innovation in small firms: an exploratory study

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

Volumn 5, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 483-494

  Mazzarol, Tim ^a   Reboud, Sophie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b BURGUNDY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (France)

Author keywords

entrepreneurship; innovation; risk assessment; small business

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746150931     PISSN: 1368275X     EISSN: 17415098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijeim.2005.007001     Document Type: Article

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