The roles of R&D in new firm growth

Small Business Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-89

  Stam, Erik ^a,b,c   Wennberg, Karl ^d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Sci Council for Government Policy   (Netherlands)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alliances; Firm growth; Innovation; New firms; Product development; R D

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349156210     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-009-9183-9     Document Type: Article

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