Investigating the antecedents of general purpose technologies: A patent perspective in the green energy field

Journal of Engineering and Technology Management - JET-M

Volumn 39, Issue , 2016, Pages 81-100

  Ardito, Lorenzo ^a   Messeni Petruzzelli, Antonio ^a   Albino, Vito ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

General purpose technologies; Geographically dispersed R D teams; Green energy technologies; Search breadth; Team size

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

DISPERSED TEAMS; GENERAL PURPOSE TECHNOLOGIES; GEOGRAPHIC DISPERSION; GREEN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; KNOWLEDGE DOMAINS; SEARCH BREADTH; TEAM COMPOSITION; TEAM SIZE;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 84992281996     PISSN: 09234748     EISSN: 16084799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jengtecman.2016.02.002     Document Type: Article

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