A longitudinal study of innovation competence and quality management on firm performance

Innovation: Management, Policy and Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 392-403

  Wang, Chun Hsien ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

high tech firms; innovation competences; institutional Theory; ISO certifi ed quality; resource based view

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995615161     PISSN: 14479338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14479338.2014.11081995     Document Type: Article

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