R&D and exporting: A comparison of british and irish firms

Review of World Economics

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 750-773

  Girma, Sourafel ^c   Görg, Holger ^a,b   Hanley, Aoife ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Exporting; Innovation; Learning effects; R D

Indexed keywords

EID: 58549120369     PISSN: 16102878     EISSN: 16102886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10290-008-0168-6     Document Type: Article

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