The effects of innovativeness on effectiveness and efficiency

Education, Business and Society: Contemporary Middle Eastern Issues

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 6-18

  Tajeddini, Kayhan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Business performance; Cost effectiveness; Iran; Organizational innovation; Restaurants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857572010     PISSN: 17537983     EISSN: 17537991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17537981111111238     Document Type: Article

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