Strategic research and development policy: Societal objectives and the corporate welfare argument

Contemporary Economic Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 28-45

  Gretz, Richard T ^a   Highfill, Jannett ^a   Scott, Robert C ^a  

^a BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 58849157977     PISSN: 10743529     EISSN: 14657287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7287.2008.00109.x     Document Type: Article

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