R&D, firm growth and the role of innovation persistence: An analysis of Finnish SMEs and large firms

Small Business Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 767-785

  Deschryvere, Matthias ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Finland; Firm growth; Innovation; Panel VAR; R D; SME

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894494839     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-014-9559-3     Document Type: Article

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