Using patent technology codes to study technological change

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 267-286

  Strumsky, Deborah ^a   Lobo, José ^b   van der Leeuw, Sander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

patents; technological change; technological novelty; technology codes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860299965     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438599.2011.578709     Document Type: Article

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