The decision between internal and external R & D

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 519-530

  Audretsch, David B ^a   Menkveld, Albert J ^b   Thurik, A Roy ^c  

^a WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c EIM Group   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0030305116     PISSN: 09324569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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