Innovation and the determinants of company survival

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 261-285

  Buddelmeyer, Hielke ^a   Jensen, Paul H ^b   Webster, Elizabeth ^b,c  

^a Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Resarch   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77953236613     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpp012     Document Type: Article

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