Absorptive capacity and post-acquisition inventor productivity

Journal of Technology Transfer

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 490-507

  Hussinger, Katrin ^a,b,c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Inventor productivity; M As

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864316255     PISSN: 08929912     EISSN: 15737047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10961-010-9199-y     Document Type: Article

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