Innovation, productivity and export evidence from Italy

Innovation, Technology and Knowledge

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 47-61

  Antonietti, Roberto ^a   Cainelli, Giulio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

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