Temporal and spatial variability of Canadian inventive companies and their inventions: An issue of ownership

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 319-337

  Ceh, S L Brian ^a  

^a BRANDON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Foreign ownership; Invention; Product; Technology

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN FIRM; FOREIGN OWNERSHIP; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INVENTIVENESS; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION;

CANADA;

EID: 0030378913     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.1996.tb00460.x     Document Type: Article

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