Does technological learning pay off? Inter-firm differences in technological capability-accumulation paths and operational performance improvement

Research Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 73-94

  Figueiredo, Paulo N ^a  

^a FUNDAÇÃO GETÚLIO VARGAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Late industrialising firm; Latecomer company literature; Operational performance improvement; Technological capability accumulation paths; Technological frontier company literature; Technological learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 31244437917     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(01)00106-8     Document Type: Article

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