Cumulative Innovation and Market Value: Evidence from Patent Citations

Economic Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 559, 2012, Pages 265-285

  Belenzon, Sharon ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRM SIZE; FUTURE PROSPECT; INNOVATION; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SPILLOVER EFFECT; STOCK MARKET; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84858002019     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2011.02470.x     Document Type: Article

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