Technology familiarity, recombinant novelty, and breakthrough invention

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1215-1246

  Arts, Sam ^a   Veugelers, Reinhilde ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

EID: 84958602591     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtu029     Document Type: Article

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