Innovation, employment growth, and foreign ownership of firms: A European perspective

Research Policy

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 214-232

  Dachs, Bernhard ^a   Peters, Bettina ^b,c  

^a AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Community Innovation Survey; Employment; Foreign ownership; Host country effects; Innovation

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRY; INNOVATION;

COMMUNITY INNOVATION SURVEYS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT GROWTH; FOREIGN OWNERSHIP; HOST COUNTRIES; PROCESS INNOVATION; PRODUCT INNOVATION; PRODUCTIVITY INCREASE;

EMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84889882320     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2013.08.001     Document Type: Article

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