The yield factor and the learning curve in semiconductor production

Applied Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1994, Pages 837-843

  Gruber, Harald ^a  

^a EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK   (Luxembourg)

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EID: 0001267992     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036849400000100     Document Type: Article

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