What creates abnormal profits?

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 323-346

  Griffiths, William ^a   Jensen, Paul H ^a   Webster, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; CAPITAL FORMATION; CAPITAL MARKET; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; INNOVATION; PROFITABILITY; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79955017235     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: 14679485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9485.2011.00549.x     Document Type: Article

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