Sectoral Systems or Distance-to-the-Frontier Effects in Innovation? A Comparison of Three Medium-Technology Sectors in Germany, Italy and Spain
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Keywords
Sectoral Systems of innovation; Distance-to-the-Frontier; R&D and productivity;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L60 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - General
- O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CSE-2016-04-04 (Economics of Strategic Management)
- NEP-EFF-2016-04-04 (Efficiency and Productivity)
- NEP-EUR-2016-04-04 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-INO-2016-04-04 (Innovation)
- NEP-SBM-2016-04-04 (Small Business Management)
- NEP-TID-2016-04-04 (Technology and Industrial Dynamics)
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