Firm innovation persistence: a fresh look at the frameworks of analysis

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 23, Issue , 2014, Pages 423-446

  Le Bas, Christian ^a   Scellato, Giuseppe ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c BRICK

Author keywords

dynamic capabilities; innovation persistence; knowledge accumulation; sunk costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921844714     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438599.2014.895511     Document Type: Editorial

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