The influence of ethnic community knowledge on Indian inventor innovativeness

Organization Science

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 198-217

  Almeida, Paul ^a   Phene, Anupama ^b   Li, Sali ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic sociology; Innovation; Patents

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923271310     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.2014.0931     Document Type: Article

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