Designing ex-post assessment of corporate RDI policies: Conceptualisation, indicators and modelling

World Review of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development

Volumn 9, Issue 2-4, 2012, Pages 96-123

  Cerulli, Giovanni ^a   Potì, Bianca ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ex post evaluation; Firm performance; R D policy; STI indicators

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863700223     PISSN: 17412242     EISSN: 17412234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/wrstsd.2012.047652     Document Type: Review

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