Size, innovation and internationalization: A survival analysis of italian firms

Applied Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1511-1520

  Giovannetti, Giorgia ^a   Ricchiuti, Giorgio ^a   Velucchi, Margherita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; DATABASE; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GLOBALIZATION; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; INNOVATION; SURVIVAL;

ITALY;

EID: 79956204354     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840802600566     Document Type: Article

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