The Baltics as a business location for information technology and electronics industries

VTT Tiedotteita - Valtion Teknillinen Tutkimuskeskus

Volumn , Issue 2169, 2002, Pages 3-234

  Nissinen, Marja ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Business environment; Electronics; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; information technology; Market survey; higher education; Research and innovation system; business culture; Sector analysis of industry; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884707057     PISSN: 12350605     EISSN: 14550865     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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