The productivity of nanobiotechnology research and education in U.S. universities

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1151-1167

  Weber, William L ^a   Xia, Yin ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

directional distance function; elasticity of transformation; nanobiotechnology

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; HIGHER EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; STUDENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052585866     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aar032     Document Type: Article

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