The innovative performance of German multinationals abroad: Evidence from the European community innovation survey

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 661-681

  Kampik, Franziska ^a,b   Dachs, Bernhard ^a  

^a AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INNOVATION; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

GERMANY;

EID: 79953726734     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtr008     Document Type: Article

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