Do incentives to industrial R&D enhance research productivity and firm growth? Evidence from the italian case

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 49, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 25-48

  Merito, Monica ^a   Giannangeli, Silvia ^a   Bonaccorsi, Andrea ^b  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bias corrected matching; Firm performances; Research and development (R D); Subsidies

Indexed keywords

PRODUCTIVITY; SALES;

BIAS-CORRECTED MATCHING; EMPIRICAL LITERATURE; FIRM PERFORMANCE; INNOVATIVE PERFORMANCE; LABOUR PRODUCTIVITIES; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY; SUBSIDIES;

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH;

EID: 72049129938     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijtm.2010.029409     Document Type: Article

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