Journal Article10.1080/00472778.2019.1671702
Interactive learning — The key to innovation in non-R&D-intensive SMEs? A cluster analysis approach
Jörg Thomä,Volker Zimmermann +1 more
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TL;DR: In this article, various groups of innovating German small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are identified according to their use (or nonuse) of in-house research and development (R&D), their reliance on external sour...
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Abstract: Various groups of innovating German small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are identified according to their use (or nonuse) of in-house research and development (R&D), their reliance on external sour...
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