Industrial service innovation growth and barriers

International Journal of Services, Technology and Management

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 174-193

  Singh Panesar, Sukhvir ^a   Markeset, Tore ^b   Kumar, Rajesh ^c  

^a AGR EmiTeam AS   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^c Aker Offshore Partner   (Norway)

Author keywords

capital intensive services; growth, barriers; industrial Business to Business services; Norwegian Oil and Gas industry; service innovation

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CAPITAL-INTENSIVE SERVICES; INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS SERVICES; SERVICE INNOVATION;

INNOVATION;

EID: 44149126211     PISSN: 14606720     EISSN: 1741525X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSTM.2008.018434     Document Type: Article

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