Engines of growth: Domestic and foreign sources of innovation

Japan and the World Economy

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 235-259

  Eaton, Jonathan ^a   Kortum, Samuel ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Innovation; International diffusion; Productivity; Research; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031138615     PISSN: 09221425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0922-1425(97)00011-x     Document Type: Article

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