Science and the diffusion of knowledge

Research Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1615-1634

  Sorenson, Olav ^a   Fleming, Lee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Publication; Reference; Research

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION ANALYSIS; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

ECONOMIC GROWTH; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP); PUBLICATION; REFERENCE;

KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING;

EID: 11844304946     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2004.09.008     Document Type: Article

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