Drivers of national innovation in transition: Evidence from a panel of Eastern European countries

Research Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 845-860

  Krammer, Sorin M S ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; Intellectual property rights; International trade; National innovation; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

BEFORE AND AFTER; BUSINESS CLIMATES; CONTROL VARIABLES; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; FOREIGN INVESTMENTS; INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; KNOWLEDGE BASE; NATIONAL INNOVATION; POLICY MEASURES; TRANSITION ECONOMIES;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INNOVATION; INTERNATIONAL LAW; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 64049112576     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2009.01.022     Document Type: Article

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