Determinants of adoption of flexible production technologies: Evidence from portuguese manufacturing industry

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 569-580

  Faria, Ana ^a   Fenn, Paul ^b   Bruce, Alistair ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Probit model; Technology adoption; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 85066225054     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438590214338     Document Type: Article

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