R&D offshoring and the productivity growth of European regions

Research Policy

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1581-1594

  Castellani, Davide ^a,b,c,d   Pieri, Fabio ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano   (Italy)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d HALLE INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Europe; Foreign investments; R D offshoring; Regional productivity

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; INVESTMENTS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ECONOMIC RESEARCH; EUROPE; FOREIGN INVESTMENT; INVESTMENT PROJECTS; OFF-SHORING; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH; REGIONAL PRODUCTIVITY;

PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 84885616004     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2013.05.009     Document Type: Article

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