Explaining innovative activity in service industries: Micro data evidence for Switzerland

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 209-225

  Arvanitis, Spyros ^a  

^a KOF SWISS ECONOMIC INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Innovation; Services

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049083781     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438590601004220     Document Type: Article

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