Accounting for change in national systems of innovation: A friendly critique based on the U.S. case

Research Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 647-654

  Hart, David M ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Counterterrorism; Internet boom; Productivity growth; Technological innovation; United States

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; PRODUCTIVITY; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

COUNTERTERRORISM; EMBEDDEDNESS; INNOVATION SYSTEMS; NATIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS; NATIONAL SYSTEMS OF INNOVATIONS; PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH; SEPTEMBER 11; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION; TERRORIST ATTACKS; UNITED STATES;

INNOVATION;

EID: 63049118742     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2009.01.015     Document Type: Article

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