Chapter Determinants of Established Entrepreneurs' Innovative Activity in Northern and Western Europe

For established entrepreneurs from Western European economies (WEEs) and Northern European economies (NEEs), we estimated relationships between firms' innovative activity and their owner-managers' educational level, the firms' international orientation, and their growth aspirations. I...

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Main Author: Močnik, Dijana (auth)
Other Authors: Širec, Karin (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: InTechOpen 2018
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