Approach to innovative activities by Lithuanian companies in the current conditions of development

Technological and Economic Development of Economy

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 595-611

  Adekola, Abel ^a   Korsakiene, Renata ^b   Tvaronavičiene, Manuela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STOUT   (United States)

^b VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Business companies; Innovations; Lithuanian economy; State policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849140209     PISSN: 20294913     EISSN: 20294921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/1392-8619.2008.14.595-611     Document Type: Conference Paper

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