Survivor: The role of innovation in firms' survival

Research Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 626-641

  Cefis, Elena ^a,b   Marsili, Orietta ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Firm exit; Firm survival; Innovation; Transition probability matrices

Indexed keywords

MANUFACTURING DATA PROCESSING; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBABILITY; SURVEYING;

FIRM EXIT; FIRM SURVIVAL; INNOVATION; TRANSITION PROBABILITY MATRICES;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33646879381     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2006.02.006     Document Type: Article

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