The complex search process of invention

Research Policy

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 90-100

  Maggitti, Patrick G ^a   Smith, Ken G ^b   Katila, Riitta ^c  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Discovery; Innovation; Invention; Search

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING;

COMPLEX SEARCHES; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DISCOVERY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS MODELING; SEARCH; SEARCH PROCESS; TECHNOLOGICAL INVENTIONS;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 84870340295     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2012.04.020     Document Type: Article

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