Barriers to technological adoption in Spain and Portugal

Portuguese Economic Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 189-209

  Cassou, Steven P ^a   de Oliveira, Emanuel Xavier ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic development; Portugal; Spain; Technology barriers

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255188895     PISSN: 1617982X     EISSN: 16179838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10258-010-0069-1     Document Type: Article

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