A theory of firm growth: Learning capability, knowledge threshold, and patterns of growth

Research Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 278-289

  Lee, Chang Yang ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Business School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Firm growth; Knowledge threshold; Learning by doing in R D; Technological competence

Indexed keywords

APPROPRIABILITY; DUAL ROLE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENHANCING EFFECT; FIRM GROWTH; GROWTH PATTERNS; LEARNING CAPABILITIES; PROTOTYPE PATTERNS; TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL COMPETENCE; TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE; THRESHOLD LEARNING;

GROWTH RATE;

PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 76349083130     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2009.12.008     Document Type: Article

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