Learning, product innovation, and firm heterogeneity in developing countries; Evidence from Tanzania

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 269-292

  Goedhuys, Micheline ^a,b  

^a UNU MERIT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; FIRM SIZE; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; INNOVATION; INVESTMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 34447564900     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtm003     Document Type: Article

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