Wal-Mart innovation and productivity: A viewpoint

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 486-508

  Freeman, Richard B ^a   Nakamura, Alice O ^b   Nakamura, Leonard I ^c   Prud'homme, Marc ^d   Pyman, Amanda ^e  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^d STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; PRIVATE SECTOR; PRODUCTIVITY; RETAILING;

CANADA;

EID: 79955639539     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: 15405982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5982.2011.01641.x     Document Type: Article

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