Technological diversity of persistent innovators in Japan: Two case studies of large Japanese firms

Research Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 531-549

  Suzuki, Jun ^a   Kodama, Fumio ^b  

^a Institute for Future Technology Tokyo   (Japan)

^b SHIBAURA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diversification; Innovation; Patent analysis; Persistence; Trajectory

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; PROBABILITY;

DIVERSIFICATION; INNOVATION; PATENT ANALYSIS; PERSISTENCE;

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 1842423097     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2003.10.005     Document Type: Article

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