Firm growth and innovation

Small Business Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 743-749

  Audretsch, David B ^a   Coad, Alex ^b,c,d   Segarra, Agustí ^e  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d Jönköping University and Ratio Institute Stockholm   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Firm growth; Innovation; Persistence; R D

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896559999     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-014-9560-x     Document Type: Article

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