Perceived usefulness of innovation programs for high-tech and low-tech firms

Management Decision

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1190-1206

  Belso Martínez, José Antonio ^a   Molina Morales, Xavier ^b   Mas Verdu, Francisco ^c  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Capability; Innovation; Innovation programmes; Perceived usefulness; Regional innovation systems; Spain; Technological centres; University

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879944551     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/MD-04-2012-0314     Document Type: Article

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