Submarket dynamics and innovation: The case of the US tire industry

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1563-1587

  Buenstorf, Guido ^a   Klepper, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC HISTORY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INDUSTRIAL HISTORY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INNOVATION; MANUFACTURING; MARKET CONDITIONS; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY; TIRE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957718553     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtq044     Document Type: Article

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