Individual scientific collaborations and firm-level innovation

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1571-1599

  Almeida, Paul ^a   Hohberger, Jan ^b   Parada, Pedro ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; INVESTMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 82955176945     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtr030     Document Type: Article

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