Foreign Technology Licensing, Productivity, and Spillovers

World Development

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 560-574

  López, Ricardo A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chile; developing countries; productivity; spillovers; technology licensing

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; MANUFACTURING; PRODUCTIVITY; SPILLOVER EFFECT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 39549098135     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.04.016     Document Type: Article

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