Innovation and technology for the elderly: Systematic literature review

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 4896-4900

  Mostaghel, Rana ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Elderly; Government; Innovation; Sweden; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969916850     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2016.04.049     Document Type: Article

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