Schumpeterian patterns of innovation and the sources of breakthrough inventions: Evidence from a data-set of R&D awards

Journal of Evolutionary Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 785-810

  Fontana, Roberto ^a,b   Nuvolari, Alessandro ^c   Shimizu, Hiroshi ^d   Vezzulli, Andrea ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^d HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e ISEG LISBON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Innovation patterns; Radical innovations; Schumpeter Mark I and Mark II

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865830586     PISSN: 09369937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00191-012-0287-z     Document Type: Article

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