Innovation novelty and (commercial) performance in the service sector: A Canadian firm-level analysis

Technovation

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 655-665

  Therrien, Pierre ^a   Doloreux, David ^b   Chamberlin, Tyler ^b  

^a INDUSTRY CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Commercialization; Innovation; Performance; Sales; Service industries

Indexed keywords

CANADA; COMMERCIALIZATION; NEW PRODUCT; PERFORMANCE; SERVICE FIRMS; SERVICE INDUSTRIES; SERVICE SECTORS;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 80255134505     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2011.07.007     Document Type: Article

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