Occupational choice: The influence of product vs. process innovation

Small Business Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 267-281

  Wong, Poh Kam ^a   Lee, Lena ^b   Foo, Maw Der ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge spillovers; New business; Product innovations; Start ups

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149124780     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-006-9044-8     Document Type: Article

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