The Nature of Innovation in R&D- and Non-R&D-Intensive Service Firms: Evidence from Firm-Level Latent Class Analysis

Industry and Innovation

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 48-68

  Trigo, Alexandre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Innovation; latent class analysis; non technological innovation; organisational innovation; R D; services

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; INNOVATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SERVICE SECTOR;

SPAIN;

EID: 84873892819     PISSN: 13662716     EISSN: 14698390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13662716.2013.761380     Document Type: Article

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