Innovative capability, innovation strategy and market orientation: An empirical analysis in Turkish software industry

International Journal of Innovation Management

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-111

  Akman, Güşen ^a   Yilmaz, Cengiz ^b  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Innovation; Innovation strategy; Innovative capability; Market orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 44249117155     PISSN: 13639196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1363919608001923     Document Type: Article

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