Innovation Capability and Performance Of Manufacturing Smes: The Paradoxical Effect of IT Integration

Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 249-272

  Raymond, Louis ^a   Bergeron, François ^b   Croteau, Anne Marie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^b Tel e University of Quebec   (Canada)

^c Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

growth; innovation; innovation capability; IT integration; paradox; process innovation; product innovation; productivity; R D; SME

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880618916     PISSN: 10919392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10919392.2013.807714     Document Type: Article

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