Political instability, pro-business market reforms and their impacts on national systems of innovation

Research Policy

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 638-651

  Allard, Gayle ^a   Martinez, Candace A ^b   Williams, Christopher ^c  

^a IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Institutional environments; National innovation systems; Political instability; Pro business market reforms

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INNOVATIVENESS; INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENTS; LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; MARKET REFORM; MIXED EFFECTS; MODERATING EFFECT; NATIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS; NATIONAL SYSTEMS OF INNOVATIONS; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; POLICY INSTRUMENTS; POLICY MAKERS; POLITICAL INSTABILITY; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITY; TRANSITION ECONOMY;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL;

STABILITY;

EID: 84857049178     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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