Going, going, gone. Exit forms and the innovative capabilities of firms

Research Policy

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 795-807

  Cefis, Elena ^a   Marsili, Orietta ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Competing risks model; Firm exit; Merger and acquisition (M A); Product and process innovation; Restructuring

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS PORTFOLIOS; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; FIRM EXIT; INNOVATIVE CAPABILITY; MANUFACTURING FIRMS; PROCESS INNOVATION; PRODUCT INNOVATION; RADICAL RESTRUCTURING; RESTRUCTURING;

COMPETITION; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; PROBABILITY;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK;

EID: 84859424247     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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