Technology, innovation capacity, and the export attitude of small manufacturing firms: A logit/tobit model

Research Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 245-262

  Nassimbeni, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Export propensity; Innovation; Small firms; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037856917     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(99)00114-6     Document Type: Article

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