Offshoring and the global geography of innovation

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 559-578

  Fifarek, Brian J ^a   Veloso, Francisco M ^a,b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PORTUGAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Offshoring; Patents; Rare earth elements; Research and development; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77954376021     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbq013     Document Type: Article

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