Contribution of new technology-based firms to the strengthening of technological capabilities in intermediate economies

Research Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 79-97

  Fontes, Margarida ^a   Coombs, Rod ^b  

^a INETI   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intermediate economies; New technology based firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345817036     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(99)00095-5     Document Type: Article

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