The case of market and system failures in services innovation

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 549-566

  Rubalcaba, Luis ^a   Gallego, Jorge ^a   den Hertog, Pim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

European Union; Innovation policy; Market failures; Services sector; System failures

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; INNOVATION; SERVICE SECTOR;

EID: 70949086762     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: 17439507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642060903067571     Document Type: Article

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