The innovative performance of in-house and contracted R&D in terms of patents and utility models

Research Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 502-517

  Beneito, Pilar ^a  

^a Facultad de Economía Edificio Departamental Oriental Desp 1 C11   (Spain)

Author keywords

Count data; In house contracted R D; Patents utility models

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DATA ACQUISITION; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

COUNT DATA; IN-HOUSE/CONTRACTED R&D; PATENTS/UTILITY MODELS;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 33748105969     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2006.01.007     Document Type: Article

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