Effects of innovation types on firm performance

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 662-676

  Gunday, Gurhan ^a   Ulusoy, Gunduz ^a   Kilic, Kemal ^a   Alpkan, Lutfihak ^b  

^a SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GEBZE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Empirical study; Firm performance; Innovation types; Innovativeness; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL STUDIES; ESSENTIAL COMPONENT; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; FIRM PERFORMANCE; INNOVATIVENESS; MANUFACTURING FIRMS; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; MARKETING INNOVATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES; POSITIVE EFFECTS; PRODUCTS AND SERVICES; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

COMPETITION; MANUFACTURE;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 80051544915     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2011.05.014     Document Type: Article

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