Learning and catching up in different sectoral systems: Evidence from six industries

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1645-1675

  Malerba, Franco ^a   Nelson, Richard ^b  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b Center for International Forestry Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; LEARNING; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY; SOFTWARE; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 82955184461     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtr062     Document Type: Article

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