What determines the innovation capability of firm founders?

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1049-1084

  Arvanitis, Spyros ^a   Stucki, Tobias ^a  

^a KOF SWISS ECONOMIC INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; INNOVATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84865077318     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dts003     Document Type: Article

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