Innovation and performance in Spanish manufacturing SMEs

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-56

  Van Auken, Howard ^a   Madrid Guijarro, Antonia ^b,c,d   García Pérez de Lema, Domingo ^b,d,e  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Politechnical University of Cartagena   (Spain)

^c Business Faculty

^d SMEs Economic Observatory in the Murcia Region

^e Accounting and Finance Department in the Politehcnical University of Cartagena

Author keywords

High and low technology; Innovation; Performance; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 44849111617     PISSN: 1368275X     EISSN: 17415098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2008.018611     Document Type: Article

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