The knowledge cost function

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 168, Issue , 2015, Pages 290-302

  Antonelli, Cristiano ^a,b   Colombelli, Alessandra ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Bureau for Research in Innovation   (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

External knowledge; Knowledge as an output and an input; Knowledge stock; Recombinant knowledge approach; Regional variety, complementarity and similarity

Indexed keywords

COST FUNCTIONS; COST REDUCTION;

EXTERNAL KNOWLEDGE; KNOWLEDGE AS AN OUTPUT AND AN INPUT; KNOWLEDGE STOCK; RECOMBINANT KNOWLEDGE APPROACH; REGIONAL VARIETY, COMPLEMENTARITY AND SIMILARITY;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84940050876     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2015.06.031     Document Type: Article

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