Strategies for enhancing innovation output in Government-funded defence R&D : Lessons from ADRDE-DRDO
*Nitin Kumar YadavCorresponding authornitinnky1@gmail.comDepartment of Management StudiesManagement (ABV-IIITM), Morena Link RoadAtal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology andGwalior, Madhya Pradesh, 474015, India0000-0001-8588-7808View full profile → , Gyan Prakashgyanprakasha@yahoo.comDepartment of Management StudiesManagement (ABV-IIITM), Morena Link RoadAtal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology andGwalior, Madhya Pradesh, 474015, IndiaView full profile →
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- Received:
- 03 Dec 2024
- Published Online:
- 20 Jan 2026
- Article type:
- Research Article
- Language:
- EN
- Article no.:
- JSMS-1450
- Pages:
- 135–149
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