Technology use and plant closure

Research Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 21-34

  Colombo, Massimo G ^a,b   Delmastro, Marco ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ownership structure; Survival; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003373809     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(99)00079-7     Document Type: Article

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