Do locational spillovers pay? Empirical evidence from German IPO data

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-81

  Audretsch, David B ^a,b   Lehmann, Erik E ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Firm performance; University spillover; University firm collaboration

Indexed keywords

EID: 85066201686     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1043859042000332187     Document Type: Article

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