Academic science and the birth of industrial research laboratories in the U.S. pharmaceutical industry

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 756-776

  Furman, Jeffrey L ^a   MacGarvie, Megan J ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Industrial research; Knowledge spillovers; University industry linkages

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248995609     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2006.05.014     Document Type: Article

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