Problems of commercialisation in Small Technology-based Firms

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 267-284

  Pellikka, Jarkko ^a   Virtanen, Markku ^a  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Commercialisation; Innovation; Small technology firm.; STF

Indexed keywords

EID: 66149163238     PISSN: 1368275X     EISSN: 17415098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2009.025143     Document Type: Article

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