The impact of market size and users' sophistication on innovation: The patterns of demand

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 113-126

  Guerzoni, Marco ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Demand; Innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649124382     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438590903016526     Document Type: Article

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