Innovation and business performance determinants of SMEs in the Adriatic region that introduced social innovationFootnote

The extended abstract of this paper 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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