Does experience matter? innovations and the productivity of information and communication technologies in German services

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 277-303

  Hempell, Thomas ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

Author keywords

Information and communication technologies; Innovation; Panel data; Productivity; Services

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645479158     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1043859042000269106     Document Type: Article

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