Dynamics of a technological innovator network and its impact on technological performance

Innovation: Management, Policy and Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-74

  Liu, Ju ^a   Chaminade, Cristina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

China; Network dynamics; Network structure; Product and process innovation; Technological innovation performance; Technological innovator network

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049512913     PISSN: 14479338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/impp.12.1.53     Document Type: Article

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