Technology policy for a world of skew-distributed outcomes

Research Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 4-5, 2000, Pages 559-566

  Scherer, F M ^a   Harhoff, Dietmar ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Innovation; Portfolio strategies; Risk; Skewness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001093103     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(99)00089-X     Document Type: Article

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