The political economy of technological innovation and employment

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 329-352

  Huo, Jingjing ^a   Feng, Hui ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Employment; Innovation; Institutions; Interfirm coordination; Varieties of capitalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 75949098340     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414009352645     Document Type: Article

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