Inventing together: Exploring the nature of international knowledge spillovers in Latin America

Journal of Evolutionary Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-89

  Montobbio, Fabio ^a,b   Sterzi, Valerio ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Citations; Innovation; Inventors; Knowledge flows; Latin America; Patents; R D spillover

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650985044     PISSN: 09369937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00191-010-0181-5     Document Type: Article

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