Treating patents as relational data: Knowledge transfers and spillovers across Italian provinces

Industry and Innovation

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-67

  Maggioni, Mario A ^a   Uberti, Teodora Erika ^a   Usai, Stefano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Italy; Network analysis; Patents; Regional innovation system; Relational data; Spatial econometrics

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; INNOVATION; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; NETWORK ANALYSIS; SOCIAL NETWORK; SPILLOVER EFFECT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

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EID: 78650298460     PISSN: 13662716     EISSN: 14698390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13662716.2010.528928     Document Type: Article

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