Technological internationalisation in the electro-technical industry: A cross-company comparison of patenting patterns 1986-2000

Research Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1285-1306

  Bergek, Anna ^a   Berggren, Christian ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asea Brown Boveri; General Electric; Internationalisation; US patent data

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INVESTMENTS; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

ASEA BROWN BOVERI (ABB) (CO); ELECTRO-TECHNICAL INDUSTRY; GENERAL ELECTRIC (GE) (CO); INTERNATIONALIZATION; US PATENT DATA;

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 20344372686     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2004.09.004     Document Type: Article

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