R&D, international trade and creative destruction - Empirical findings from finnish manufacturing industries

Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-58

  Maliranta, Mika ^a  

^a Elinkeinoelaman Tutkimuslaitos   (Finland)

Author keywords

Competition; International trade; Plant level restructuring; Productivity; R D

Indexed keywords

EID: 17344368856     PISSN: 15661679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10842-005-0989-0     Document Type: Article

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