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In-house R&D, external R&D and cooperation breadth in Spanish manufacturing firms: is there a synergistic effect on innovation outputs?

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Pages 590-615 | Received 19 Apr 2018, Accepted 31 Oct 2018, Published online: 19 Nov 2018

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