Does history matter for the relationship between R&D, innovation, and productivity?

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1335-1368

  Huergo, Elena ^a   Moreno, Lourdes ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPENDITURE; INNOVATION; MANUFACTURING; PRODUCTIVITY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

SPAIN;

EID: 80053177814     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtr019     Document Type: Article

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