Innovation and ICT in service firms: Towards a multidimensional approach for impact assessment

Journal of Evolutionary Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-44

  Gago, David ^a   Rubalcaba, Luis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b RESER   (Spain)

Author keywords

Impact assessment; Information and Communications Technology (ICT); Innovation; Ordered probit model; Services

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846350840     PISSN: 09369937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00191-006-0030-8     Document Type: Article

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