Sources of knowledge, investments and appropriability as determinants of innovation: An empirical study in service firms

Innovation: Management, Policy and Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 224-239

  Elche, Dioni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Appropriability; Innovation; Investment; Service firms; Sources of knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051577527     PISSN: 14479338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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