R&D/returns causality: Absorptive capacity or organizational IQ

Management Science

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2054-2067

  Knott, Anne Marie ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Organizational IQ; R D; Spillovers

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY; EMPIRICAL TESTS; INTERACTION TERMS; ORGANIZATIONAL IQ; PRIOR KNOWLEDGE; SPILLOVERS;

ECONOMICS; ELASTICITY;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 61849148874     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1080.0933     Document Type: Article

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