Technological proximity and recombinative innovation in the alternative energy field

Research Policy

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1460-1473

  Guan, Jian Cheng ^a   Yan, Yan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Alternative energy; Cultural distance; Geographical distance; Recombinative innovation; Technological proximity

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; INNOVATION;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CULTURAL DISTANCE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTANCE; INNOVATION ACTIVITY; LONGITUDINAL DESIGNS; PARTNER SELECTION; QUADRATIC ASSIGNMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL PROXIMITY;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 84966715224     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2016.05.002     Document Type: Article

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