Nature and impact of innovation in manufacturing industry: Some evidence from the Italian innovation survey

Research Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 4-5, 1997, Pages 521-536

  Evangelista, Rinaldo ^a   Perani, Giulio ^b   Rapiti, Fabio ^b   Archibugi, Daniele ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b ITALIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Community Innovation Survey (CIS); Manufacturing industry; R D

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000513074     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0048-7333(97)00028-0     Document Type: Article

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