Barriers to innovation faced by manufacturing firms in Portugal: how to overcome it for fostering business excellence?

International Journal of Business Excellence

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 92-105

  José Silva, Maria ^a   Leitao, Joâo ^a   Raposo, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

business excellence; entrepreneurial innovative capability; innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 66149183703     PISSN: 17560047     EISSN: 17560055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBEX.2008.017568     Document Type: Article

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