Young firms and innovation: A microeconometric analysis

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 329-340

  Pellegrinoa, Gabriele ^a,b   Piva, Mariacristina ^a   Vivarelli, Marco ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c IZA   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embodied technological change; New firms; Product innovation; R D; Sample selection

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; INNOVATION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

ITALY;

EID: 84870735767     PISSN: 0954349X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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