Limits to growth rates in an ethereal economy

Futures

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 261-267

  Newman, Lenore ^a   Dale, Ann ^a  

^a ROYAL ROADS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

EID: 39049123776     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2007.08.017     Document Type: Article

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