'Low cost-high tech' innovations for China: Why setting up a separate R&D unit is not always the best approach

R and D Management

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 307-317

  Schanz, Christian ^a   Hüsig, Stefan ^a   Dowling, Michael ^a   Gerybadze, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

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EID: 79956311709     PISSN: 00336807     EISSN: 14679310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9310.2011.00644.x     Document Type: Article

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