Firm patenting, innovations, and government institutional support as a double-edged sword

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 290-305

  Shu, Chengli ^a   Wang, Qin ^b   Gao, Shanxing ^a   Liu, Cuijuan ^c  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING AUDIT UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Xi an Physical Education University   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION; INNOVATION MANAGEMENT; INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT; INSTITUTIONAL THEORY; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCT INNOVATION; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 84920869880     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: 15405885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpim.12230     Document Type: Conference Paper

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