New technologies, organisation and age: Firm-level evidence

Economic Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 509, 2006, Pages

  Aubert, Patrick ^a,b   Caroli, Eve ^a,b   Roger, Muriel ^a,b  

^a CREST   (France)

^b PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; EMPLOYMENT; INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE;

EID: 33645958269     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2006.01065.x     Document Type: Article

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