Entry and innovation: An analysis of the fabless semiconductor business

Small Business Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-106

  Balconi, Margherita ^a   Fontana, Roberto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fabless semiconductor business; Patenting; Pre entry experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958171688     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-009-9231-5     Document Type: Article

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