The efficiency and stability of R&D networks

Games and Economic Behavior

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 694-713

  König, Michael D ^a,b   Battiston, Stefano ^b   Napoletano, Mauro ^b,c   Schweitzer, Frank ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c OFCE   (France)

Author keywords

Indirect spillovers; Knowledge recombination; Network efficiency; Network formation; R D networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860644816     PISSN: 08998256     EISSN: 10902473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2011.12.007     Document Type: Article

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