Is firm size conducive to R&D choice? A strategic analysis of product and process innovations

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 243-262

  Yin, Xiangkang ^a   Zuscovitch, Ehud ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

031; Multiproduct firm; Product process innovations; R D; Size asymmetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032044204     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-2681(98)00057-2     Document Type: Article

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