Entrepreneurial strategies of SMEs in mature industries: The role of R&D alliances and value chain configuration

Entrepreneurship and Technological Change

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 51-72

  Roaldsen, Ingrid ^a   Borch, Odd Jarl ^b  

^a NORDLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b Bodøs Graduate School of Business   (Norway)

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