Firm's capabilities and innovation: A case study of Wuhan optoelectronic cluster

International Journal of Business Innovation and Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-70

  Mei, Shuen ^a   Nie, Ming ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cluster; Innovation; Marketing capability; Network capability; Technology capability

Indexed keywords

EID: 48649101834     PISSN: 17510252     EISSN: 17510260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBIR.2008.015935     Document Type: Article

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