The role of time in assessing the economic effects of R&D

Industry and Innovation

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 233-251

  Kafouros, Mario ^a   Wang, Chengqi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Innovation; Performance; Research and development (R D); Time lag

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; FIRM SIZE; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INNOVATION; INVESTMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 46649105276     PISSN: 13662716     EISSN: 14698390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13662710802041638     Document Type: Article

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