Social capital in the growth of science-and-technology-based SMEs

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 513-522

  Partanen, Jukka ^a   Möller, Kristian ^a   Westerlund, Mika ^a   Rajala, Risto ^a   Rajala, Arto ^a  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Networks; Relationships; SME growth; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 44349136272     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2007.09.012     Document Type: Article

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