Innovation and skill dynamics: A life-cycle approach

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1393-1415

  Vona, Francesco ^a   Consoli, Davide ^b  

^a SKEMA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; TRAINING;

EID: 84926336526     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtu028     Document Type: Article

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