Innovation and performance in SME furniture industries: An international comparative case study

Marketing Intelligence and Planning

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 216-232

  Otero Neira, Carmen ^a   Lindman, Martti Tapio ^b   Fernández, María J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

Author keywords

Business performance; Furniture industry; Innovation; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 68649104755     PISSN: 02634503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02634500910944995     Document Type: Article

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