Firm innovation: The influence of R&D cooperation and the geography of human capital inputs

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 146-154

  Simonen, Jaakko ^a,b   McCann, Philip ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b Finnish Doctoral Programme in Economics (FDPE)   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Innovation; Labor; Mobility; R D

Indexed keywords

EID: 44249107346     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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