Low returns in R&D due to the lack of entrepreneurial skills

Economic Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 484, 2003, Pages 207-225

  Michelacci, Claudio ^a  

^a CEMFI   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; INNOVATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0037250254     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.00095     Document Type: Article

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