In search of performance effects of (in)direct industry science links

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 611-646

  Cassiman, Bruno ^a,b   Veugelers, Reinhilde ^a   Zuniga, Pluvia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b CEPR   (Spain)

^c OECD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL LINKAGE; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INNOVATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 49149130931     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtn023     Document Type: Article

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