Owner-managers' perceptions of barriers to innovation: Empirical evidence from Turkish SMEs

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 764-780

  Demirbas, Dilek ^a   Hussain, Javed G ^b   Matlay, Harry ^b  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barriers to innovation; Logit regression analysis; Owner managers; Small to medium sized enterprises; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 80455141464     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626001111179794     Document Type: Article

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