Multiplant Firms and Innovation Adoption and Diffusion

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 661-671

  Jensen, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 0842325294     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4135337     Document Type: Article

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