Foreign multinationals and domestic innovation: Intra-industry effects and firm heterogeneity

Research Policy

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 596-609

  Crescenzi, Riccardo ^a   Gagliardi, Luisa ^a,b   Iammarino, Simona ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Community Innovation Survey; Innovation; Intra industry knowledge diffusion; Multinational Enterprises; Technological change; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

SURVEYS;

COMMUNITY INNOVATION SURVEYS; KNOWLEDGE DIFFUSION; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; UNITED KINGDOM;

INNOVATION;

EID: 84923171950     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2014.12.009     Document Type: Article

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