Business R&D and the interplay of R&D subsidies and product market uncertainty

Review of Industrial Organization

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 169-181

  Czarnitzki, Dirk ^a,b   Toole, Andrew A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

R D; Real options theory; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; INVESTMENT; MANUFACTURING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 41149160197     PISSN: 0889938X     EISSN: 15737160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11151-007-9152-x     Document Type: Article

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