A Comparison of National and International Innovation Cooperation in Five European Countries

Review of Industrial Organization

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 163-191

  Arvanitis, Spyros ^a   Bolli, Thomas ^b  

^a KOF SWISS ECONOMIC INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Innovation performance; International innovation cooperation; National innovation cooperation

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INNOVATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

BELGIUM; GERMANY; NORWAY; PORTUGAL; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84885041621     PISSN: 0889938X     EISSN: 15737160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11151-012-9348-6     Document Type: Article

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