Facilitating innovation across SME networks

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 20-38

  Barclay, Ian ^a   Porter, Keith ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

best practice; case studies; clusters; e business; innovation; networks; self assessment; small medium size enterprises; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748938830     PISSN: 1368275X     EISSN: 17415098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijeim.2005.006335     Document Type: Article

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