User-producer relations, innovation and the evolution of market structures under alternative contractual regimes

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-40

  Malerba, Franco ^a   Orsenigo, Luigi ^b  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Industrial dynamics; Innovation; Technology

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; INNOVATION; MARKET SYSTEM; SPILLOVER EFFECT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 76549087266     PISSN: 0954349X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2009.11.007     Document Type: Article

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