Knowledge recombination across technological boundaries: Scientists vs. Engineers

Management Science

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 837-851

  Gruber, Marc ^a   Harhoff, Dietmar ^b,c   Hoisl, Karin ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Engineers; Innovation; Inventors; Patent classes; Recombinant search; Scientists; Technological breadth

Indexed keywords

INVENTORS; PATENT CLASSES; RECOMBINANT SEARCH; SCIENTISTS; TECHNOLOGICAL BREADTH;

ENGINEERS; INNOVATION; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 84875927586     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1120.1572     Document Type: Article

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