The innovative activity of foreign subsidiaries in the Spanish Innovation System: An evaluation of their impact from a sectoral taxonomy approach

Technovation

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 739-757

  Molero, Jose ^a   Garcia, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Innovation; Intermediate countries; Multinational companies; Sectoral taxonomies; Spain

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; TAXONOMIES;

DOMESTIC ENTERPRISES; FIXED EFFECTS; FOREIGN SUBSIDIARIES; HUMAN RESOURCES; INNOVATION; INNOVATION SYSTEMS; INNOVATIVE ACTIVITIES; INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES; INTERMEDIATE COUNTRIES; MANUFACTURING SECTORS; MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES; PATENTS GRANTED; SECTORAL TAXONOMIES; SPAIN; SPANISH;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 52049115847     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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