Latecomer firms and the emergence and development of knowledge networks: The case of Petrobras in Brazil

Research Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 829-844

  Dantas, Eva ^a   Bell, Martin ^b  

^a GERMAN DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Innovation systems; Knowledge networks; Late industrialisation; Latecomer firms

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE CHARACTERISTICS; IN NETWORKS; INDUSTRIALISING COUNTRIES; INNOVATION SYSTEMS; INTENTIONALITY; KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS; LATE-INDUSTRIALISATION; LATECOMER FIRMS; MANAGEMENT DECISION MAKINGS; OIL COMPANIES; PETROBRAS; POTENTIAL VALUES; UNDERLYING NETWORKS;

EID: 64049116602     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2009.01.007     Document Type: Article

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