The impact on innovation performance of different sources of knowledge: Evidence from the UK Community Innovation Survey

Research Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1125-1135

  Frenz, Marion ^a   Ietto Gillies, Grazia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community Innovation Survey; Innovation; R D, Internationalization; Sources of knowledge

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY INNOVATION SURVEY; COMMUNITY INNOVATION SURVEYS; EXTERNAL SOURCES; INNOVATION PERFORMANCE; INNOVATION POTENTIAL; INTERNAL NETWORK; INTERNAL SOURCE; KNOWLEDGE SOURCES; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; SOURCES OF KNOWLEDGE;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

SURVEYS;

EID: 67649920883     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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