Impediments to advanced technology adoption for Canadian manufacturers

Research Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-18

  Baldwin, John ^a   Lin, Zhengxi ^a  

^a STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advanced technology adoption; Benefits; Costs; Impediments; Manufacturing

Indexed keywords

EID: 31244438071     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(01)00110-X     Document Type: Article

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