Regional impact of research and development on productivity

Regional Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 623-638

  Lehto, Eero ^a  

^a LABOUR INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Geographical and industrial proximity; Productivity; Research and development (R D) spillovers

Indexed keywords

PRODUCTIVITY; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

EID: 34548637710     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400701281725     Document Type: Article

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