Small service firms – creating value through innovation

Managing Service Quality: An International Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 411-422

  Hine, Damian ^a   Ryan, Neal ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environment; Innovation; Service; Small firms; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986081971     PISSN: 09604529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09604529910302109     Document Type: Article

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