Firm size, sectors and countries as sources of variety in innovation

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 247-270

  Evangelista, Rinaldo ^a,b   Mastrostefano, Valeria ^c  

^a Istituto Di Ricerche Sulla Popolazione E Le Politiche Sociali Rome   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^c ITALIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Europe; Innovation; Manufacturing industries; Technological change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947607678     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438590500160990     Document Type: Article

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