Drivers and Performance Outcomes of Innovativeness: An Empirical Study

British Journal of Management

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 281-298

  Kyrgidou, Lida P ^a   Spyropoulou, Stavroula ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL HELLENIC UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84881312184     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2011.00803.x     Document Type: Article

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