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Barriers to technological adoption in Spain and Portugal

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  • Emanuel Xavier de Oliveira

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  • Steven Cassou & Emanuel Xavier de Oliveira, 2011. "Barriers to technological adoption in Spain and Portugal," Portuguese Economic Journal, Springer;Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestao, vol. 10(3), pages 189-209, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:portec:v:10:y:2011:i:3:p:189-209
    DOI: 10.1007/s10258-010-0069-1
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    Keywords

    Technology barriers; Economic development; Spain; Portugal; E20; O11; O33;
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    JEL classification:

    • E20 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
    • O11 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes

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