The persistence of innovation: a panel data investigation on manufacturing firms

International Review of Applied Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 787-810

  Bartoloni, Eleonora ^a  

^a ISTAT National Institute of Statistics   (Italy)

Author keywords

community innovation survey; innovation; panel data; persistence; profitability

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GRANGER CAUSALITY TEST; INNOVATION; MANUFACTURING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PANEL DATA; PERSISTENCE; PROFITABILITY;

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EID: 84868109295     PISSN: 02692171     EISSN: 14653486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02692171.2012.686486     Document Type: Article

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