The organizational designs of R&D activities and their performance implications: Empirical evidence for Spain

Industry and Innovation

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 151-176

  Lucena, Abel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b Center for Research on Welfare Economics (CREB)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Complementarities; Count data panel models; Innovative performance; Organizational designs; R D activities

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MANUFACTURING; OUTSOURCING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

SPAIN;

EID: 79851485099     PISSN: 13662716     EISSN: 14698390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13662716.2011.541103     Document Type: Article

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