Exploring the link between research and economic growth: an empirical study of China and USA

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1073-1091

  Kumar, Ronald Ravinesh ^a,b   Stauvermann, Peter Josef ^c   Patel, Arvind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

^c Changwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

China; Economic growth; Research publications; Scientific and technical journal articles; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926300214     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-015-0191-3     Document Type: Article

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