Innovation modes in the Swiss service sector: A cluster analysis based on firm-level data

Research Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 845-863

  Hollenstein, Heinz ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH WIFO   (Austria)

Author keywords

Innovation patterns in services; Innovation ranking versus classification; Knowledge networks; Non technological innovations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867957747     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(02)00091-4     Document Type: Article

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