Firms' human capital, R&D and innovation: A study on French firms

Empirical Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 581-596

  Gallié, Emilie Pauline ^a   Legros, Diègo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Count panel data; Employee training; Linear feedback model; Patents; R D

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; INNOVATION; PANEL DATA; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TRAINING;

FRANCE;

EID: 84866444998     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-011-0506-8     Document Type: Article

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