Innovation and idiosyncratic risk: An industry- and firm-level analysis

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 779-811

  Mazzucato, Mariana ^a   Tancioni, Massimiliano ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 49149110500     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtn024     Document Type: Article

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