Innovation strategies, process and product innovations and growth: Firm-level evidence from Brazil

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 516-529

  Goedhuysa, Micheline ^a   Veugelers, Reinhilde ^b,c,d,e  

^a UNU MERIT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c ECOOM   (Belgium)

^d BRUEGEL   (Belgium)

^e CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

"Make" and "buy" innovation strategies; Brazil; Firm growth; Process and product innovations

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; MANUFACTURING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84870729840     PISSN: 0954349X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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