Corrigendum to: Unrelated Variety and Technological Breakthroughs: An Analysis of US State-level Patenting(Regional Studies, 49, 5(767-781), Doi:10.1080/00343404.2014.940305);Related Variety, Unrelated Variety and Technological Breakthroughs: An analysis of US State-Level Patenting

Regional Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 767-781

  Castaldi, Carolina ^a   Frenken, Koen ^b   Los, Bart ^c  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Evolutionary economic geography; Recombinant innovation; Regional innovation; Superstar patents; Technological variety

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INNOVATION; REGIONAL ECONOMY; STATE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 85028220698     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2015.1093751     Document Type: Erratum

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