Technology as a complex adaptive system: Evidence from patent data

Research Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1019-1039

  Fleming, Lee ^a   Sorenson, Olav ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity; Interdependence; Invention; Modularity; Recombination

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035420625     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(00)00135-9     Document Type: Article

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