Scientific productivity and academic promotion: A study on French and Italian physicists

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 253-294

  Lissoni, Francesco ^a,b   Mairesse, Jacques ^c,d,e,f   Montobbioy, Fabio ^b,g   Pezzoni, Michele ^b,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c CREST   (France)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f ICER Villa Gualino   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; PANEL DATA; PHYSICS; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK;

EID: 79251586558     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtq073     Document Type: Article

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