Frontier technology, absorptive capacity and distance

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-23

  Kneller, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 13444254227     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2005.00107.x     Document Type: Article

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