Ownership structure and innovation: Is there a real link?

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 637-662

  Ortega Argilés, Raquel ^a   Moreno, Rosina ^a   Caralt, Jordi Suriñach ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; OWNERSHIP;

EID: 30644480438     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-005-0026-6     Document Type: Article

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