General purpose technologies

Handbook of the Economics of Innovation

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 761-791

  Bresnahan, Timothy ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

General purpose technology; Innovation; Technical change

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052037304     PISSN: 22108807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7218(10)02002-2     Document Type: Chapter

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