Product and process innovation in malaysian manufacturing: The role of government, organizational innovation and exports

Innovation: Management, Policy and Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 52-68

  Govindaraju, V G R Chandran ^a   Vijayaraghavan, Gopi Krishnan ^b   Pandiyan, Veera ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b ValueCap Sdn Bhd   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Export intensity; Government support; Organizational innovation; Process innovation; Product innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883748291     PISSN: 14479338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/impp.2013.15.1.52     Document Type: Article

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