Innovation and Learning: The Two Faces of R & D
1989/09/01 by Wesley M. Cohen, Daniel A. Levinthal · 7,559 citations
Business, Management and Accounting · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · #Computer science #Economic Growth and Productivity #Economics #Firm Innovation and Growth #Innovation and Knowledge Management #Library science #Management #Sociology #Volume (thermodynamics)
paper · doi:10.2307/2233763
published in The Economic Journal 99(397), 569 (Oxford University Press)
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Abstract
Wesley M. Cohen, Daniel A. Levinthal; Innovation and Learning: The Two Faces of R & D, The Economic Journal, Volume 99, Issue 397, 1 September 1989, Pa
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