Research and development operations and foreign expansion of multinational companies: Evidence from forest industry microdata

Forest Science

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 549-556

  Laaksonen Craig, Susanna ^a   Uusivuori, Jussi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Exports; Foreign sales; Multinational companies; Research and development spillovers

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; SALES;

FOREIGN SALES; MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SPILLOVERS;

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

FOREIGN TRADE; FOREST PRODUCTS INDUSTRY; FORESTRY; RESEARCH;

EID: 33751104710     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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