Distance to the frontier and the perception of innovation barriers across European countries

Research Policy

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 707-725

  Hölzl, Werner ^a   Janger, Jürgen ^a  

^a AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH WIFO   (Austria)

Author keywords

Distance to the frontier; Europe; Innovation barriers; Innovation policy

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; INNOVATION;

BARRIERS TO INNOVATIONS; COMMUNITY INNOVATION SURVEYS; DISTANCE TO THE FRONTIER; EUROPE; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; INNOVATION POLICIES; KNOWLEDGE BARRIERS; TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84897601856     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2013.10.001     Document Type: Article

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