Technology and the generation of international knowledge spillovers: An application to Spanish manufacturing firms

Research Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1440-1452

  Álvarez, Isabel ^a   Molero, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Foreign affiliates; Panel data; Patents; R D; Technological spillover

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

FOREIGN AFFILIATES; SPILLOVER DYNAMICS;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 27744480263     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2005.06.006     Document Type: Article

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