Internationalisation of firms and their innovation and productivity

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 183-203

  Siedschlag, Iulia ^a,b,c   Zhang, Xiaoheng ^a,b  

^a ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

exporting; knowledge production; multinational firms; productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922231344     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438599.2014.918439     Document Type: Article

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