The limits of capital: Transcending the public financer-private producer split in industrial R&D

Research Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 301-312

  Breznitz, Dan ^a   Zehavi, Amos ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Entrepreneurship; Funding for innovation; R D; Science and technology policy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES; INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL NETWORK; MARKET FAILURES; PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY; PUBLIC FUNDING; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY; STATE INTERVENTION; VALUE-ADDED FUNCTIONS;

COMMERCE; ECONOMICS; INDUSTRY;

INNOVATION;

EID: 76149110067     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2009.12.010     Document Type: Article

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