Antecedents and performance impacts of product versus process innovation: Empirical evidence from SMEs located in Turkish science and technology parks

European Journal of Innovation Management

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 172-206

  Ar, Ilker Murat ^a   Baki, Birdogan ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Organizational processes; Product innovation; Science parks; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955625179     PISSN: 14601060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14601061111124885     Document Type: Review

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