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Small and medium sized manufacturing companies in Brazil: is innovativeness a key competitive capability to develop?

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Small and medium sized manufacturing companies in Brazil: is innovativeness a key competitive capability to develop? / Thurer, Matthias; Filho, Moacir; Stevenson, Mark et al.
In: Acta Scientiarum. Technology, Vol. 37, No. 3, 2015, p. 379-387.

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Thurer, M, Filho, M, Stevenson, M & Fredendall, L 2015, 'Small and medium sized manufacturing companies in Brazil: is innovativeness a key competitive capability to develop?', Acta Scientiarum. Technology, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 379-387. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascitechnol.v37i3.26531

APA

Thurer, M., Filho, M., Stevenson, M., & Fredendall, L. (2015). Small and medium sized manufacturing companies in Brazil: is innovativeness a key competitive capability to develop? Acta Scientiarum. Technology, 37(3), 379-387. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascitechnol.v37i3.26531

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Thurer M, Filho M, Stevenson M, Fredendall L. Small and medium sized manufacturing companies in Brazil: is innovativeness a key competitive capability to develop? Acta Scientiarum. Technology. 2015;37(3):379-387. doi: 10.4025/actascitechnol.v37i3.26531

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Thurer, Matthias ; Filho, Moacir ; Stevenson, Mark et al. / Small and medium sized manufacturing companies in Brazil : is innovativeness a key competitive capability to develop?. In: Acta Scientiarum. Technology. 2015 ; Vol. 37, No. 3. pp. 379-387.

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