Technology-specific absorptive capacities for green technologies in newly industrialising countries

International Journal of Technology and Globalisation

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 212-229

  Walz, Rainer ^a   Marscheider Weidemann, Frank ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS AND INNOVATION RESEARCH ISI   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Green technologies; Newly industrialising countries; NIC; Patents; Sustainability; Trade patterns

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954457988     PISSN: 14765667     EISSN: 17418194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTG.2011.039765     Document Type: Article

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