Markets for Inventors: Learning-by-Hiring as a Driver of Mobility

Management Science

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 881-895

  Palomeras, Neus ^a   Melero, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Inventors; Learning by hiring; Mobility; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

CORE AREA; INNOVATIVE FIRMS; INVENTORS; KNOW-HOW; KNOWLEDGE CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EMPLOYMENT;

EID: 77952530956     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1090.1135     Document Type: Article

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