External Linkages, R & D and innovation performance in US business services

Industry and Innovation

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 477-496

  Love, James H ^a   Mansury, Mica Ariana ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

External linkages; Innovation; R D; US business services

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SERVICE SECTOR;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36849042267     PISSN: 13662716     EISSN: 14698390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13662710701711380     Document Type: Article

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