Inter-organizational innovation promoters in small, knowledge-intensive firms

International Journal of Innovation Management

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 441-466

  Jenssen, Jan Inge ^a   Nybakk, Erlend ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

External relations; Innovation; Innovation promoters; Norway; Small, knowledge intensive firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350391994     PISSN: 13639196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1363919609002376     Document Type: Article

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