Facilitating SME innovation capability through business networking

Creativity and Innovation Management

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 93-105

  Konsti Laakso, Suvi ^a   Pihkala, Timo ^a   Kraus, Sascha ^b  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84867959179     PISSN: 09631690     EISSN: 14678691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8691.2011.00623.x     Document Type: Article

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