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Navigating Complexity: Firm Age and Multi-Project Participation of SMEs in Horizon 2020

By: Loreta Isaraj  
Open Access
|Aug 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ie-2025-0045 | Journal eISSN: 1613-964X | Journal ISSN: 0020-5346
Language: English
Page range: 235 - 242
Published on: Aug 6, 2025
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