Product complexity, innovation and industrial organisation

Research Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 689-710

  Hobday, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Industrial organisation; Innovation; Product complexity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008677341     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(97)00044-9     Document Type: Article

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