Linkage between organisational innovation capability, product platform development and performance: The case of pharmaceutical small and medium enterprises in Iran

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 24, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 819-834

  Dadfar, Hossein ^a   Dahlgaard, Jens J ^a   Brege, Staffan ^a   Alamirhoor, Amir ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

innovation capability; Iran; performance; pharmaceutical industry; product platform; technology platform

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880044719     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: 14783371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783363.2013.791102     Document Type: Article

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