Firms as source of variety in innovation: Influence of size and sector

International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 357-372

  Cáceres, Rafael ^a   Guzmán, Joaquín ^a   Rekowski, Marek ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Evolutionary stream; Sector; Size; Variety in innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051941608     PISSN: 15547191     EISSN: 15551938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11365-011-0198-8     Document Type: Article

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