Industrial Policy Changes and Firm-Level Technological Capability Development: Evidence from Northern Brazil

World Development

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-88

  Figueiredo, Paulo N ^a  

^a FUNDAÇÃO GETÚLIO VARGAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

firm level technological capability; industrial policy regimes; Northern Brazil; Southern Latin America

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FIRM SIZE; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; POLICY REFORM; TECHNOLOGY POLICY;

BRAZIL; LATIN AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 36749020161     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.02.009     Document Type: Article

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