Innovation and productivity in knowledge intensive business services

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-81

  Musolesi, Antonio ^a,b   Huiban, Jean Pierre ^a,c  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Innovation; Knowledge intensive business services; Productivity; R D

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954314822     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-009-0163-5     Document Type: Article

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