The strategic fit between innovation strategies and business environment in delivering business performance

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 171, Issue , 2016, Pages 241-249

  Prajogo, Daniel I ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Business environment; Business performance; Innovation strategies; Strategic fit

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COMPETITION;

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS; BUSINESS PERFORMANCE; COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT; DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS; INNOVATION STRATEGY; MANUFACTURING FIRMS; STRATEGIC FIT; TYPES OF INNOVATIONS;

INNOVATION;

EID: 84940868618     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2015.07.037     Document Type: Article

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