Innovation under Constraints: The Case of Singapore

The International Handbook on Innovation

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 873-881

  Tang, Hung Kei ^a   Yeo, Khim Teck ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Barriers; Competence; Constraints; Innovation; Path dependency; Singapore; Types of innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547135347     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008044198-6/50060-7     Document Type: Chapter

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