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Original Articles

Supporting open innovation with the use of a balanced scorecard approach: a study on deep smarts and effective knowledge transfer to SMEs

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Pages 842-853 | Received 28 Jan 2017, Accepted 21 Jan 2018, Published online: 30 Jun 2019

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