Assessing the impact of skill shortages on the productivity performance of high-tech firms in Northern Ireland

Applied Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 727-737

  Bennett, Jessica ^a   McGuinness, Seamus ^b  

^a Economic Research Institute of Northern Ireland   (United Kingdom)

^b ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; PRODUCTIVITY; SKILLED LABOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 61849107735     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840601007450     Document Type: Article

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