Product and process innovation in process industry: a new perspective on development

Journal of Strategy and Management

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 261-276

  Bergfors, Markus E ^a   Larsson, Andreas ^b  

^a Conchius ^*  (China)

^b VINNOVA The Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Process management; Product innovation; Research and development; Resource management; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954495565     PISSN: 1755425X     EISSN: 17554268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17554250910982499     Document Type: Article

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