Knowledge and productivity in the world's largest manufacturing corporations

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 67, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 886-902

  Nesta, Lionel ^a  

^a OFCE   (France)

Author keywords

Knowledge; Productivity; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

EID: 49049119728     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2007.08.006     Document Type: Article

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