From Breakthrough to Incremental Innovation Leadership: Lessons from Germany

Journal of the Knowledge Economy

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 409-426

  Mroczkowski, Tomasz ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic science; Breakthrough innovation; German science; German university reforms; Incremental innovation; Innovation leadership pyramid; National innovation system; Technology transfer; Triple helix; University business collaboration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901197272     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18687873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13132-014-0184-9     Document Type: Article

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