Search scope and innovation performance of emerging-market firms

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 102-108

  Ren, Shengce ^a   Eisingerich, Andreas B ^b   Tsai, Huei ting ^c  

^a SHANGHAI MARITIME UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Emerging market firms; Innovation performance; Search scope; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84909975076     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2014.04.011     Document Type: Article

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