The impact of service innovation on firm-level financial performance

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2071-2090

  Aas, Tor Helge ^a   Pedersen, Per Egil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Community innovation survey; Financial performance; Firm performance; Service innovation

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INNOVATION; MANUFACTURING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SERVICE SECTOR;

NORWAY;

EID: 79960873307     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: 17439507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642069.2010.503883     Document Type: Article

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