The national innovation policy effect according to firm location

Technovation

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 540-550

  Herrera, Liliana ^a   Nieto, Mariano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Innovation policy; Propensity score matching; R D subsidies

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; TECHNOLOGY;

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; ELSEVIER (CO); FIRM LOCATION; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; INNOVATION ACTIVITY; INNOVATION POLICIES; NATIONAL INNOVATION POLICY; NATIONAL POLICIES;

PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 45649085535     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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