Complementarity between product and process innovation in a monopoly setting

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 219-234

  Mantovani, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complementarity; Process innovation; Product innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249160603     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438590500197315     Document Type: Article

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