The international distribution and determinants of technological activities

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 35-55

  Pavitt, Keith ^a   Patel, Pari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETERMINANTS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION; TECHNOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES;

EID: 0024162936     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/4.4.35     Document Type: Article

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