The impact of small world on innovation: An empirical study of 16 countries

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 97-106

  Chen, Zifeng ^a   Guan, Jiancheng ^b  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Innovation; Patent; Small world networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 71249159592     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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