Structural embeddedness and innovation diffusion: the moderating role of industrial technology grouping

Scientometrics

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 889-916

  Lyu, Yibo ^a   Liu, Quanshan ^a   He, Binyuan ^a   Nie, Jingfei ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Industrial technology grouping; Innovation diffusion; Patent analysis; Smart phone industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014544219     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: 15882861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-017-2320-3     Document Type: Article

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