A new role for small business in innovation networks: an industrial perspective

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-19

  Lambert, Gilles ^a   Schaeffer, Véronique ^b  

^a Ecole de Management de Strasbourg   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Cognitive modularity; trans industrial modularity; radical innovation; design activity.; Innovation network; Small business; Small and medium size enterprise; SME

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952599688     PISSN: 14761297     EISSN: 17418054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2010.029499     Document Type: Article

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