Learning by doing and learning curves in innovation. An examination of biotechnology patenting

5th IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology, ICMIT2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 952-957

  Jain, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Innovation; Knowledge; Learning curves

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; FIRM INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; KNOWLEDGE LEARNING; LEARNING BY DOING; LEARNING CURVES; PRODUCTION PROCESS; UNIT COST;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INNOVATION; PRODUCTIVITY;

ENGINEERING RESEARCH;

EID: 77954928130     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMIT.2010.5492866     Document Type: Conference Paper

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