The impact of R&D on value added for domestic and foreign firms in a newly industrialized economy

International Business Review

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 423-441

  Tsang, Eric W K ^a   Yip, Paul S L ^b   Toh, Mun Heng ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Newly industrialized economy; Ownership advantage; R D; Singapore; Value added

Indexed keywords

EID: 52049117166     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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