Innovation capability building through intermediary organizations: Cases of manufacturing small- and medium-sized enterprises from China's Zhejiang province

Asian Journal of Technology Innovation

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL2, 2013, Pages 62-79

  Kittilaksanawong, Wiboon ^a   Ren, Zongqiang ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY OF COMMERCE AND BUSINESS   (Japan)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; innovation capability; intermediary organizations; organizational forms; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887110325     PISSN: 19761597     EISSN: 21586721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19761597.2013.819247     Document Type: Article

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