Novelty of innovation and the effect of existing and recently hired R&D human resources

Innovation: Management, Policy and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-89

  Díaz Díaz, Nieves L ^a   De Saá Pérez, Petra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Existing R D human resources; Hired R D personnel; Human capital; Innovation; Non listed firms; Novelty of innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862295630     PISSN: 14479338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/impp.2012.14.1.74     Document Type: Article

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