Boosting Manufacturing Productivity Through R&D: International Comparisons with Special Focus on Italy

Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 187-208

  Sterlacchini, Alessandro ^a   Venturini, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

EU and US; manufacturing industries; productivity growth; R D capital stock

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877628519     PISSN: 15661679     EISSN: 15737012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10842-011-0114-5     Document Type: Article

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