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What hampers innovation? Evidence from the UK CIS4

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  • Pablo D'Este

    (SPRU, University of Sussex & School of Management, Cranfield University)

  • Simona Iammarino

    (SPRU, University of Sussex)

  • Maria Savona

    (SPRU, University of Sussex & Faculty of Economics & Social Sciences,University of Science & Technology Lille)

  • Nick von Tunzelmann

    (SPRU, University of Sussex)

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  • Pablo D'Este & Simona Iammarino & Maria Savona & Nick von Tunzelmann, 2008. "What hampers innovation? Evidence from the UK CIS4," SPRU Working Paper Series 168, SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex Business School.
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    Keywords

    barriers to innovation; innovative firms; non-innovators;
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    JEL classification:

    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes

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