Where there is a will, there is a way? Assessing the impact of obstacles to innovation

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 679-710

  Blanchard, Pierre ^a   Huiban, Jean Pierre ^a,b   Musolesi, Antonio ^c   Sevestre, Patrick ^d,e  

^a ERUDITE   (France)

^b INRA ALISS   (France)

^c Centre d'Economie et Sociologie Appliquees a l'Agriculture et aux Espaces Ruraux   (France)

^d BANQUE DE FRANCE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ENTREPRENEUR; INNOVATION;

EID: 84878469368     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dts027     Document Type: Article

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