Financing constraints in the inter firm diffusion of new process technologies

Journal of Technology Transfer

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 159-169

  Canepa, Alessandra ^a   Stoneman, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CNC; Financial constraints; Technological diffusion

Indexed keywords

CNC; CNC MACHINE TOOLS; DIFFUSION MODEL; DIFFUSION PROCESS; FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS; FINANCING CONSTRAINTS; HAZARD RATES; PROCESS TECHNOLOGIES;

COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; FINANCE; INDUSTRY;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 37849188297     PISSN: 08929912     EISSN: 15737047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10961-004-4364-9     Document Type: Article

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