Effects of Geographic Search on Product Innovation in Industrial Cluster Firms in China

Management and Organization Review

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 465-487

  Wu, Aiqi ^a   Wei, Jiang ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Cluster firms; Geographic search; Product innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887516780     PISSN: 17408776     EISSN: 17408784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/more.12024     Document Type: Article

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