Climbing the technology ladder too fast? New evidence on comparative productivity performance in asian manufacturing

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 50-72

  Timmer, Marcel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asia; International comparisons; Manufacturing; Productivity; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036525475     PISSN: 08891583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jjie.2001.0481     Document Type: Review

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