Link between innovation and productivity in Canadian manufacturing industries

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 671-686

  Gu, Wulong ^a   Tang, Jianmin ^b  

^a STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^b INDUSTRY CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Innovation; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349192649     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1043890410001686806     Document Type: Article

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