Measurement of the quality and maturity of the innovation process: methodology and case of a medium sized Finnish company

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 373-382

  Berg, Pekka ^a   Pihlajamaa, Jussi ^a   Nummi, Juha ^a   Leinonen, Mikko ^b   Leivo, Virpi ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

assessment; innovation; maturity; quality maturity method (QMM); research and development R D; strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 52449102492     PISSN: 1368275X     EISSN: 17415098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2004.005481     Document Type: Article

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