Is corporate R&D investment in high-tech sectors more effective?

Contemporary Economic Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 353-365

  Ortega Argilés, Raquel ^a   Piva, Mariacristina ^b   Potters, Lesley ^a   Vivarelli, Marco ^a,c  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

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EID: 77954847619     PISSN: 10743529     EISSN: 14657287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7287.2009.00186.x     Document Type: Article

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