This paper uses a new data set on innovation output to assess the degree to which the level of innovation in manufacturing firms is influenced by finn size and firm age. Indicators of innovation output used are the number of new products introduced as a function of finn sales and the proportion of f
Firm size and innovation
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- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 561 KB
- Volume
- 1
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0921-898X
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