Giving fish or teaching to fish? An empirical study of the effects of government research and development policies

R and D Management

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 484-497

  Xu, Kai ^a   Huang, Kuo Feng ^b   Xu, Erming ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Renmin University of China   (China)

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EID: 84921964638     PISSN: 00336807     EISSN: 14679310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/radm.12087     Document Type: Article

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