Diffusion of knowledge through migration of scientific labour in India

Science and Public Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 417-430

  Kale, Dinar ^a   Wield, David ^a,b   Chataway, Joanna ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; INNOVATION; LABOR MIGRATION; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TRAINING;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 49749113553     PISSN: 03023427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/030234208X331245     Document Type: Article

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