Internationalization and innovation of firms: Evidence and policy

Economic Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 76, 2013, Pages 663-700

  Altomonte, Carlo ^a,b   Aquilante, Tommaso ^b,c   Békés, Gábor ^d   Ottaviano, Gianmarco I P ^b,e,f  

^a Università Bocconi   (Belgium)

^b BRUEGEL   (Belgium)

^c ULB ECARES   (Belgium)

^d Institute of Economics CERS HAS   (Hungary)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^f CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; EUROPEAN UNION; EXPORT; GLOBALIZATION; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; INNOVATION; MANUFACTURING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AUSTRIA; FRANCE; GERMANY; HUNGARY; ITALY; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84885454868     PISSN: 02664658     EISSN: 14680327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0327.12020     Document Type: Article

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