Does innovativeness matter for international competitiveness in developing countries?: The case of Turkish manufacturing industries

Research Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 409-424

  Özçelik, Emre ^a   Taymaz, Erol ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Exports; Innovation; International competitiveness; R D

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC POLICY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TECHNOLOGY;

EXPORTS; INNOVATIONS; INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS; R AND D; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R AND D);

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 19244376014     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2003.09.011     Document Type: Article

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