Exporting and innovation performance: Analysis of the annual small business survey in the UK

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-24

  Higón, Dolores AñÓn ^a   Driffield, Nigel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

endogeneity; export; process innovation; product innovation; SME

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952077969     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242610369742     Document Type: Article

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