Noncapital investment costs and the adoption of CAD and CNC in U.S. metalworking industries

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 672-688

  Åstebro, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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EID: 0036993614     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3087480     Document Type: Article

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