Intensity of competition and the choice between product and process innovation

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 495-510

  Bonanno, Giacomo ^a   Haworth, Barry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Process innovation; Product innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032379546     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7187(97)00003-9     Document Type: Article

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