Properties of knowledge base and firm survival: Evidence from a sample of French manufacturing firms

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1469-1483

  Colombelli, Alessandra ^a,b   Krafft, Jackie ^b   Quatraro, Francesco ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Cognitive distance; Firms' survival; Knowledge coherence; L10; L20; O32; Variety

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE DISTANCES; FIRMS' SURVIVAL; L10; L20; O32; VARIETY;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PUBLIC POLICY;

INDUSTRY;

DIFFERENTIATION; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; MANUFACTURING;

FRANCE;

EID: 84883465551     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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