Lens or Prism? Patent citations as a measure of knowledge flows from public research

Management Science

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 504-525

  Roach, Michael ^a   Cohen, Wesley M ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic research; Innovation; Knowledge flows; Measurement; Patent citations

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; DATA SET; INNOVATIVE PERFORMANCE; KNOWLEDGE FLOW; PATENT CITATION; PUBLIC RESEARCH; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SURVEY DATA;

INDUSTRY; INNOVATION; MEASUREMENTS; RESEARCH; SURVEYS;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 84874149482     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1120.1644     Document Type: Article

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