Technological diversity and inventor networks

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 161-178

  Cecere, Grazia ^a,b   Ozman, Muge ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DES TÉLÉCOMMUNICATIONS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

ICTs; innovation; intra firm network; scale free network; technological diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893782554     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438599.2013.815473     Document Type: Article

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