Frontier technology and absorptive capacity: Evidence from OECD manufacturing industries

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-21

  Kneller, Richard ^a   Stevens, Philip Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33645118785     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2006.00150.x     Document Type: Article

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