Collective invention and inventor networks

Handbook of the Economics of Innovation

Volumn 1, Issue 1 C, 2010, Pages 575-605

  Powell, Walter W ^a   Giannella, Eric ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective invention; Governance; Networks; Technological change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867962638     PISSN: 22108807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7218(10)01013-0     Document Type: Chapter

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