Radical product innovations in SMEs: The dominance of entrepreneurial orientation

Creativity and Innovation Management

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 94-108

  Salavou, Helen ^a   Lioukas, Spyros ^a  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

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EID: 85012250428     PISSN: 09631690     EISSN: 14678691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8691.00272     Document Type: Article

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