The impact of ICT on innovation activities: Evidence for UK SMEs

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 684-699

  Higón, Dolores Añón ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

bivariate probit; ICT; process innovation; product innovation; SME

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865122464     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242610374484     Document Type: Article

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