Foreignness and the diffusion of ideas

Journal of Engineering and Technology Management - JET-M

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 31-50

  Waguespack, David M ^a   Birnir, Jóhanna Kristín ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

International collaboration; Inventions; Knowledge diffusion; Patents

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS; KNOWLEDGE DIFFUSION; KNOWLEDGE FLOW; POLITICAL BORDERS;

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;

EID: 15844398252     PISSN: 09234748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jengtecman.2004.11.005     Document Type: Article

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