Assessment of the social capabilities for catching-up through sustainability innovations

International Journal of Technology and Globalisation

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 190-211

  Peuckert, Jan ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Catching up; Composite indices; National innovation system; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954474969     PISSN: 14765667     EISSN: 17418194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTG.2011.039764     Document Type: Article

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