Innovation and competitiveness: Trends in unit prices in global trade

Oxford Development Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 333-355

  Kaplinsky, Raphael ^a,b   Paulino, Amelia Santos ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; INNOVATION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MARKET CONDITIONS; PRICE DYNAMICS;

EID: 27744573042     PISSN: 13600818     EISSN: 14699966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13600810500317762     Document Type: Article

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