R&D drivers and age: Are young firms different?

Research Policy

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1544-1556

  García Quevedo, José ^a   Pellegrino, Gabriele ^a   Vivarelli, Marco ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

dynamic type 2 tobit estimator; innovation; R D; young firms

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; INNOVATION;

AUTO-REGRESSIVE; INITIAL CONDITIONS; INNOVATION ACTIVITY; MANUFACTURING FIRMS; MARKET CHARACTERISTICS; MARKET CONCENTRATION; PRODUCT DIVERSIFICATION; YOUNG FIRMS;

COMMERCE;

EID: 84906946401     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2014.04.003     Document Type: Article

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