Innovation activities, use of appropriation instruments and absorptive capacity: Evidence from Spanish firms

Research Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1545-1558

  Arbussà, Anna ^a   Coenders, Germà ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Appropriation instruments; Innovation; Multilevel logit models

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY; APPROPRIATION INSTRUMENTS; MANUFACTURING AND SERVICE INDUSTRIES;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 36048938393     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2007.04.013     Document Type: Article

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