Perspectives of SME innovation clusters development in Russia

Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 240-259

  Bek, Mikhail A ^a   Bek, Nadezda N ^a   Sheresheva, Marina Y ^a   Johnston, Wesley J ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY HIGHER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Russian Federation)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive strategy; Innovation; Modeling; Networks; Organizational innovation; Russia; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874182288     PISSN: 08858624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/08858621311302895     Document Type: Article

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