R&D productivity and the spillover effects of high-tech industry on the traditional manufacturing sector: The case of Taiwan

World Economy

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1555-1570

  Tsai, Kuen Hung ^a   Wang, Jiann Chyuan ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG HUA INSTITUTION FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; MANUFACTURING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN; WORLD;

EID: 11144285500     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2004.00666.x     Document Type: Article

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