Network structure and the diffusion of knowledge

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1557-1575

  Cowan, Robin ^a   Jonard, Nicolas ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Centre de Recherche en Epistemologie Appliquee Ecole Polytechnique   (France)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Innovation policy; Knowledge; Networks; Small worlds

Indexed keywords

EID: 1342264962     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2003.04.002     Document Type: Article

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