Technological innovation sources and institutional supports for manufacturing small and medium enterprises in Nigeria

Journal of Technology Management and Innovation

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 82-89

  Abereijo, I O ^a   Adegbite, S A ^a   Ilori, M O ^a   Adeniyi, A A ^a   Aderemi, H A ^b  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b Federal Ministry of Science and Technology   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Innovation sources; Institutional supports; Manufacturing SMEs; Technological innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349611105     PISSN: None     EISSN: 07182724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0718-27242009000200007     Document Type: Article

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