The Competitiveness of Nations: Why Some Countries Prosper While Others Fall Behind

World Development

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1595-1620

  Fagerberg, Jan ^a   Srholec, Martin ^a   Knell, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NIFU STEP ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

Asian tigers; competitiveness; development; innovation; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); COMPETITIVENESS; DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC THEORY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INNOVATION;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 35248864309     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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