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Barriers to Product Innovation in Small Manufacturing Firms
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In this article, the authors seek to understand the nature and extent of barriers to innovation within a sampland, and propose an approach to overcome these barriers in the context of the Centre for Entrepreneurship at University of Aberdeen.Abstract:
MARK S. FREEL IS A LECTURER IN THE Centre for Entrepreneurship at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. This paper seeks to understand the nature and extent of barriers to innovation within a sampl...read more
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Understanding the small business sector
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The economics of industrial innovation
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Industrial Market Structure and Economic Performance
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