The role of producer service outsourcing in the innovation performance of New York State manufacturing firms

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 52-71

  MacPherson, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

External technical services; New product development; New York State manufacturing firms; Regional patterns of service consumption

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING; PRODUCER SERVICES; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION;

USA, NEW YORK;

EID: 0030845024     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0004-5608.00041     Document Type: Article

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