International comparison of R&D investment by European, US and Japanese companies

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 49, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 107-122

  Martinez Torres M R ^a   Toral, S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clustering; Factor analysis; R D investment; R D policy; Strategic groups; Technology policy

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS;

BUSINESS PERFORMANCE; CLUSTERING; D-POLICY; DEVELOPING WORLD; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE; STRATEGIC GROUPS; TECHNOLOGY POLICY;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 72049129937     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijtm.2010.029413     Document Type: Article

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