Location factors of international R&D activities: An econometric approach

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 203-232

  Erken, Hugo ^a,b   Kleijn, Marcel ^c  

^a Ministry of Economic Affairs Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c SenterNovem   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; Internationalization of R D; R D investment climate; R D location factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951027853     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438590802469578     Document Type: Article

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