The complementarity effect of research and development on firm productivity

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 1426-1430

  Barge Gil, Andrés ^a   López, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

complementarity; development; productivity; research

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INNOVATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 84883358712     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2013.815307     Document Type: Article

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