The obsession for competitiveness and its impact on statistics: The construction of high-technology indicators

Research Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1217-1229

  Godin, Benoît ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Competitiveness; High technology; Indicators; OECD; R D; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC POLICY; STATISTICS; SURVEYS;

HIGH-TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION POLICY; INTERNATIONALIZATION;

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 6444234246     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2004.07.005     Document Type: Article

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