In-house versus External Basic Research and First-to-market Innovations
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Keywords
basic research; in-house; outsourcing; collaboration; pioneer; imitation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D22 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
- L21 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Business Objectives of the Firm
- O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CSE-2016-02-04 (Economics of Strategic Management)
- NEP-EUR-2016-02-04 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-INO-2016-02-04 (Innovation)
- NEP-LMA-2016-02-04 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, & Wages)
- NEP-SBM-2016-02-04 (Small Business Management)
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