Brave old world: Accounting for 'high-tech' knowledge in 'low-tech' industries

Research Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 470-482

  Mendonça, Sandro ^a  

^a INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Innovation; Patents; Technological diversification; Traditional industries

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING;

INNOVATIVE COMPANIES; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; PATENT PORTFOLIO; PATENTS; TECHNOLOGICAL DIVERSIFICATION; THIRD INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONS; TRADITIONAL INDUSTRY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 61849135697     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2008.10.018     Document Type: Article

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