The knowledge bases of the world’s largest pharmaceutical groups: What do patent citations to non-patent literature reveal?

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 395-415

  Brusoni, Stefano ^a,c   Criscuolo, Paola ^b,d   Geuna, Aldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breadth; Depth; Integration; Knowledge bases; Patent citations; Pharmaceuticals; Scientific publications

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881855601     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1043859042000307356     Document Type: Article

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