Technological change and the vertical organization of industries

Journal of Evolutionary Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 367-387

  Ciarli, Tommaso ^a,b   Leoncini, Riccardo ^c   Montresor, Sandro ^c   Valente, Marco ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Firm organization; Industrial structure; Technological dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249146878     PISSN: 09369937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00191-008-0092-x     Document Type: Article

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