Knowledge-related competitiveness and the roles of multinationals' R&D in a peripheral European economy: Survey analysis of Greece

Management International Review

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 661-682

  Manolopoulos, Dimitris ^a   Papanastassiou, Marina ^b,c,d   Pearce, Robert ^c  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF GREECE   (Greece)

^b Department of Innovation and Organizational Economics   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Greece; Knowledge transfer; Multinational enterprise; R D

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548957270     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-007-0039-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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