Catching up or standing still? National innovative productivity among 'follower' countries, 1978-1999

Research Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1329-1354

  Furman, Jeffrey L ^a   Hayes, Richard ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

National innovation systems; National innovative capacity; Patents; R D productivity; Technology catch up

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INVESTMENTS; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; PUBLIC POLICY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

CAPITAL INVESTMENTS; NATIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS; NATIONAL INNOVATIVE CAPACITY; R&D PRODUCTIVITY; TECHNOLOGY CATCH-UP;

PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 20344408302     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2004.09.006     Document Type: Article

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