The antecedents of SME innovativeness in an emerging transition economy

Technovation

Volumn 29, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 438-450

  Radas, Sonja ^a   Božić, Ljiljana ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Developing country; Innovation; SME

Indexed keywords

CROATIA; DAMAGING EFFECTS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPED ECONOMIES; DEVELOPING ECONOMIES; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; INCREMENTAL INNOVATIONS; INNOVATION ACTIVITIES; INNOVATIVENESS; MARKET ORIENTATIONS; NEW PRODUCTS; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES; POSITIVE EFFECTS; POSTAL SURVEYS; PROCESS INNOVATIONS; PRODUCT INNOVATIONS; RESEARCH STUDIES; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE; SME; TRANSITION ECONOMIES;

COMMERCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 65449116405     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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