"It's no use crying over spilt milk!": Innovation paths in the dairy sector

International Journal of Management Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 277-290

  Massa, Silvia ^a   Testa, Stefania ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Leading American Consultancy Firm   (United States)

Author keywords

Case studies; Food industry; Innovation; Small and medium sized enterprises; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149496419     PISSN: 14779064     EISSN: 17418143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMP.2009.022511     Document Type: Article

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