Innovation and the survival of new firms in the UK

Review of Industrial Organization

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 227-248

  Helmers, Christian ^a   Rogers, Mark ^b,c  

^a WOLFSON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Firm survival; Intellectual property; Start ups

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; FIRM SIZE; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; INNOVATION; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; PROBABILITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77952551636     PISSN: 0889938X     EISSN: 15737160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11151-010-9247-7     Document Type: Article

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