Innovation and business performance in small enterprises. An enterprise-level analysis

International Journal of Innovation Management

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 641-665

  Forsman, Helena ^a   Temel, Serdal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Business performance; growth; innovation; profitability; sales; small enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957659632     PISSN: 13639196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1363919611003258     Document Type: Conference Paper

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