Is there really an inverted U-shaped relation between competition and R&D?

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 101-118

  Tingvall, Patrik Gustavsson ^a   Poldahl, Andreas ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Competition; Firm size; R D; Spillovers

Indexed keywords

EID: 56949097439     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438590500129755     Document Type: Article

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