Measuring innovation performance of developing regions: learning and catch-up in provinces of Iran

Technological and Economic Development of Economy

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 507-533

  Ghazinoory, Sepehr ^a   Riahi, Parisa ^a   Azar, Adel ^a   Miremadi, Tahereh ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b IRANIAN RESEARCH ORGANIZATION FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IROST   (Iran)

Author keywords

catch up; developing countries; innovation performance; regional innovation; technological learning; technology gap

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907818879     PISSN: 20294913     EISSN: 20294921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/20294913.2014.881433     Document Type: Article

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