Superstar inventors - Towards a people-centric perspective on the geography of technological renewal in the multinational corporation

Research Policy

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 669-682

  Blomkvist, Katarina ^a   Kappen, Philip ^b   Zander, Ivo ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Inventive activity; Inventors; MNC; Subsidiary; Technological renewal

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION;

INVENTORS; MNC; MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS; SUBSIDIARY; SUSTAINED COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES; TECHNOLOGICAL RENEWAL;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84897658525     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2013.12.003     Document Type: Article

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