Catching up to the technology frontier: The dichotomy between innovation and imitation;Se rapprocher de la frontière technologique: La dichotomie entre innovation et imitation

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1389-1411

  Madsen, Jakob B ^a   Islam, Md Rabiul ^a   Ang, James B ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; INNOVATION; OECD; PRODUCTIVITY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 77958553986     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: 15405982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5982.2010.01618.x     Document Type: Article

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