The localisation of corporate technological trajectories in the interwar cartels: Cooperative learning versus an exchange of knowledge

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 257-290

  Cantwell, John ^a   Barrera, Pllar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alliances; Cartels; Corporate technological specialisation; History of technology; Innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039314105     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438599800000022     Document Type: Article

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