Being Innovator or ‘Imovator’: Current Dilemma?

Journal of the Knowledge Economy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 212-227

  Scuotto, Veronica ^a   Shukla, Sunil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Development Institute of India and National Team Leader of Global Entrepreneurship Monitor India   (India)

Author keywords

China; Emerging markets; Imovator; India; Innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044467089     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18687873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13132-015-0336-6     Document Type: Article

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