Why don’t all young firms invest in R&D?

Small Business Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 751-766

  Audretsch, David B ^a   Segarra, Agustí ^b   Teruel, Mercedes ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Innovation; Policy; YICs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894246079     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-014-9561-9     Document Type: Article

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