Research Collaboration in Co-inventor Networks: Combining Closure, Bridging and Proximities

Regional Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 936-954

  Cassi, Lorenzo ^a,b   Plunket, Anne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^b Observatoire des Sciences et des Techniques OST   (France)

^c European Chair on Intellectual Capital and RITM University Paris Sud   (France)

Author keywords

Co patenting; Network formation; Proximity; Relational perspective; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929278602     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2013.816412     Document Type: Article

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