Continuous Innovation and Performance Management of SME Clusters

Creativity and Innovation Management

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 376-385

  Carpinetti, Luiz Cesar Ribeiro ^a   Gerolamo, Mateus Cecilio ^b   Galdámez, Edwin Vladimir Cardoza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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EID: 85016070826     PISSN: 09631690     EISSN: 14678691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8691.2007.00448.x     Document Type: Article

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