The payback of effective innovation programs: Empirical evidence from firms that have won innovation awards

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1401-1420

  Zhang, Guoqiang Peter ^a   Yu, Jifeng ^b   Xia, Yusen ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

effective innovation programs; empirical analysis; innovation awards; operational and financial performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906317119     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: 19375956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2012.01368.x     Document Type: Article

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