Process innovation: A precondition for business excellence

International Journal of Innovation and Learning

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 455-467

  Markič, Mirko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Business excellence; Change agents; Learning; Management; Policy; Processes innovation

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; HOLISTIC APPROACH; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; INNOVATION; LEARNING;

EID: 33747890491     PISSN: 14718197     EISSN: 17408016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJIL.2006.010483     Document Type: Article

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