Institutions and innovation: The legal environment of innovating firms

Organization Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 765-795

  Van Waarden, Frans ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Innovation; Inter firm cooperation; Legal environment of firms; Regulation and litigation; Transaction costs; Uncertainty reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040924429     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840601225002     Document Type: Article

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