New wine in old bottles: Technological diffusion in developed economies

Research Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 708-721

  Robertson, Paul L ^a   Patel, Parimal R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Low and medium technology industries; Technological diffusion; Technological upgrading

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

INTERRELATIONSHIPS; MEDIUM TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES; TECHNOLOGICAL DIFFUSION; TECHNOLOGICAL UPGRADING;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34249338662     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2007.01.008     Document Type: Article

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