Technology spillovers, absorptive capacity and economic growth

China Economic Review

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 300-320

  LAI, Mingyong ^a   PENG, Shuijun ^b   BAO, Qun ^b  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Economic growth; Human capital; R D; Technology spillovers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747170120     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2006.04.005     Document Type: Article

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