Sectoral systems of innovation and productivity catch-up: Determinants of the productivity gap between Korean and Japanese firms

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1037-1069

  Jung, Moosup ^a   Lee, Keun ^b  

^a Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; FIRM OWNERSHIP; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INNOVATION; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; MONOPOLY; PRODUCTIVITY; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

JAPAN; KOREA;

EID: 77955252797     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtp054     Document Type: Article

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