Research Networks and Inventors' Mobility as Drivers of Innovation: Evidence from Europe

Regional Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1668-1685

  Miguélez, Ernest ^a   Moreno, Rosina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

European regions; Inventors' mobility; Knowledge production function; Networks of co inventors; Spatial econometrics

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; LABOR MOBILITY; RESEARCH;

EUROPE;

EID: 84887864413     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2011.618803     Document Type: Article

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