A new approach to assessing the technological complexity of different categories of R&D (with examples from Singapore)

Research Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 553-572

  Amsden, Alice H ^a   Tschang, F Ted ^b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Government policy; Multinational corporations; Research and development classification; Technological capabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867948001     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(02)00080-X     Document Type: Article

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