The influence of intellectual capital on innovativeness and growth in tourism SMEs: empirical evidence from Slovenia and CroatiaFootnote¹

¹The extended abstract of this article was originally presented at The 7th International Scientific Conference ‘European Union Future Perspectives: Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Economic Policy’, Pula (Croatia), May 21–23, 2015.

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