The Co-Evolution of Firm-Centered Knowledge Networks and Capabilities in Late Industrializing Countries: The Case of Petrobras in the Offshore Oil Innovation System in Brazil

World Development

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1570-1591

  Dantas, Eva ^a   Bell, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brazil; Innovation systems; Knowledge networks; Technological capabilities

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; OIL INDUSTRY;

BRAZIL;

EID: 79961172120     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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