Product innovativeness and performance: A focus on SMEs

Management Decision

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 969-985

  Salavou, Helen ^a   Avlonitis, George ^a  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Classification schemes; Greece; Product innovation; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 48849116055     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740810890168     Document Type: Article

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