Innovation, R&D cooperation and labor recruitment: Evidence from Finland

Small Business Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 181-194

  Simonen, Jaakko ^a   McCann, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Innovation; Labor; R D

Indexed keywords

EID: 46349085606     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-007-9089-3     Document Type: Article

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