Recombinant knowledge and growth: The case of ICTs

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 50-69

  Antonelli, Cristiano ^a,b   Krafft, Jackie ^c   Quatraro, Francesco ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Collegio Carlo Alberto ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Coherence and variety of the knowledge base; Patent classifications; Recombinant growth; Specialization

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE; SPECIALIZATION; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 76749104148     PISSN: 0954349X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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