Interregional inventor networks as studied by patent coinventorships

Research Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 412-430

  Ejermo, Olof ^a   Karlsson, Charlie ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Affinity; Inventor networks; Localization; Patents; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

AFFINITY; INVENTOR NETWORKS; LOCALIZATION; PATENTS; SWEDEN;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 33646063194     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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