Spillovers of innovation activities and their profitability

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 302-322

  Czarnitzki, Dirk ^a,b   Kraft, Kornelius ^c  

^a Department of Managerial Economics Strategy and Innovation ^*  (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INNOVATION; PROBABILITY; PROFITABILITY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

EID: 84859096528     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpr020     Document Type: Article

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