Public research intensity and the structure of German R&D networks: A comparison of 10 technologies

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 345-372

  Broekel, Tom ^a   Graf, Holger ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Foerderkatalog; Germany; Network; R D subsidies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864338922     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438599.2011.582704     Document Type: Article

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