Making a technological catch-up in the capital goods industry: Barriers and opportunities in the Korean case

Sectoral Systems of Innovation and Production in Developing Countries: Actors, Structure and Evolution

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 259-286

  Kim, Yoon Zi ^a   Lee, Keun ^b  

^a Export Import Bank of Korea   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

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