The effect of financial constraints, absorptive capacity and complementarities on the adoption of multiple process technologies

Research Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 106-119

  Gomez, Jaime ^a   Vargas, Pilar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Adoption; Diffusion; Internal R D; Process technologies

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; FINANCE; MACHINE DESIGN;

ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY; ADOPTION; D INVESTMENTS; DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS; EXTERNAL-; FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS; FINANCIAL RESOURCES; INNOVATION ADOPTIONS; MULTIPLE PROCESSES; NEW PROCESSES; NUMERICALLY CONTROLLED MACHINES; PROCESS TECHNOLOGIES;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 57749169938     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2008.10.013     Document Type: Article

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