Internal versus external R&D: A study of R&D choice with sample selection

International Journal of the Economics of Business

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 239-255

  Love, James H ^a   Roper, Stephen ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost Of R And D; Market Structure; R And D Mode; Scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 0442315673     PISSN: 13571516     EISSN: 14661829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13571510210134998     Document Type: Article

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