External Knowledge Accession and Innovation Speed in the Small and Medium Sized Enterprise (SME)

Small Enterprise Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-21

  Kessler, Eric H ^a   Allocca, Michael A ^b   Rahman, Noushi ^a  

^a PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Mahler Company   (United States)

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EID: 81455122856     PISSN: 13215906     EISSN: 11750979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13215906.2007.11005829     Document Type: Article

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