How does accessibility to knowledge sources affect the innovativeness of corporations? - Evidence from Sweden

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 741-765

  Andersson, Martin ^a,b   Ejermo, Olof ^c  

^a JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Patents; Private and university R D; Spillovers; Sweden

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRY; INNOVATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 30744432419     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-005-0025-7     Document Type: Article

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