Specialized search and innovation performance - evidence across Europe

R and D Management

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 310-323

  Sofka, Wolfgang ^a,b   Grimpe, Christoph ^a,c  

^a CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 77953786483     PISSN: 00336807     EISSN: 14679310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9310.2010.00592.x     Document Type: Article

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