Responsible innovation toward sustainable development in small and medium-sized enterprises: A resource perspective

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 547-566

  Halme, Minna ^a   Korpela, Maria ^a  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Corporate responsibility; Innovation; Resources; Small enterprise; SME; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919866553     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.1801     Document Type: Article

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