Economic efficiency of wood and furniture innovation system

European Journal of Innovation Management

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 150-176

  Trigkas, Marios ^a   Papadopoulos, Ioannis ^a   Karagouni, Glykeria ^a  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LARISSA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Economics of innovation; Efficiency; Greece; Innovation; Innovation systems; Wood and furniture enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859897797     PISSN: 14601060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14601061211220959     Document Type: Article

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