Bank size or distance: What hampers innovation adoption by SMEs?

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 845-881

  Alessandrini, Pietro ^a   Presbitero, Andrea F ^a   Zazzaro, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bank size; Functional distance; Innovation; SMEs

Indexed keywords

BANKING; FIRM SIZE; INNOVATION; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

EID: 77958455849     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbp055     Document Type: Article

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