Impact of intangible capital on productivity and growth: Lessons from the Indian information technology software industry

Economic Record

Volumn 83, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  De, Supriyo ^a   Dutta, Dilip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; HUMAN CAPITAL; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PANEL DATA; PRODUCTIVITY; SOFTWARE;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34548203999     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: 14754932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2007.00406.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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