Interrelationships between human capital, HRM and innovation in Belgian start-ups aiming at an innovation strategy

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1863-1883

  de Winne, Sophie ^a,b   Sels, Luc ^b  

^a Lessius University College   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Human capital; Human resource management; Innovation; Start ups

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957818099     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2010.505088     Document Type: Article

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