The impact of diversity of innovation channels on innovation performance in service firms

Service Business

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 277-294

  Cho, Insu ^a   Park, Heejun ^a   Choi, Jeongil ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Soongsil University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Innovation channel diversity; Innovation performance; Innovative service firms; Korean innovation survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052047533     PISSN: 18628516     EISSN: 18628508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11628-011-0114-x     Document Type: Article

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