Successful patterns of internal SME characteristics leading to high overall innovation performance

Creativity and Innovation Management

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 209-223

  Pullen, Annemien ^a   De Weerd Nederhof, Petra ^a   Groen, Aard ^a   Song, Michael ^b   Fisscher, Olaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

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EID: 84871933176     PISSN: 09631690     EISSN: 14678691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8691.2009.00530.x     Document Type: Article

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