Opening the box: Comparing EU and US scientific output by scientific field

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1334-1356

  Horta, Hugo ^a,b   Veloso, Francisco M ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PORTUGAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Science policy; Scientific competitiveness; Scientific productivity

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PRODUCTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

IMPACT ANALYSIS; SCIENCE POLICY; SCIENTIFIC COMPETITIVENESS; SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTIVITY;

TECHNOLOGY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVERGENCE; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EUROPEAN UNION; HIGHER EDUCATION; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548315938     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2007.02.013     Document Type: Article

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