The competitive advantage of nations: An application to academia

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 29-42

  Harzing, Anne Wil ^a   Giroud, Axèle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic disciplines; Essential science indicators; Revealed comparative advantage; Scientific productivity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS;

ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES; BIBLIOMETRICS; COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE OF NATIONS; INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS; SCIENCE INDICATORS; STRUCTURED MODEL;

COMPETITION;

EID: 84887577533     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2013.10.007     Document Type: Article

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