Pavitt, K.; Robson, M.; Townsend, J. - In: Management Science 35 (1989) 1, pp. 81-99
A survey of more than 4,000 significant innovations and innovating firms in the UK from 1945--1983 shows that the scope and organisation of technological activities vary greatly as functions of firms' principal activities and size. 1. Technological opportunities and threats are greatest in firms...