Does Europe perform too little corporate R&D? A comparison of EU and non-EU corporate R&D performance

Research Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 523-536

  Moncada Paternò Castello, Pietro ^a   Ciupagea, Constantin ^b   Smith, Keith ^c   Tübke, Alexander ^a   Tubbs, Mike ^d  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b Romanian Centre for Economic Modelling   (Romania)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate R D investment; Decomposition of R D intensity; EU R D deficit; Firms' demographics; R D indicators

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURES; INTRINSIC EFFECTS; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; STRUCTURAL EFFECT;

ECONOMICS;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 77950030437     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2010.02.012     Document Type: Article

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