The Role of Technology and Competitiveness Policies: A Technology Gap Approach

  1. Fonfría, Antonio 1
  2. de la Guardia, Carlos Díaz 1
  3. Alvarez, Isabel 1
  1. 1 Departamento de Economía Aplicada II and Instituto Complutense de Estudios Internacionales (ICEI), Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Campus de Somosaguas 28223 Madrid, Spain. Tel.: 91. 94.24.58 Fax: 91. 394.24.57.
Journal:
Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics

ISSN: 0260-1079 2321-5305

Year of publication: 2002

Volume: 13

Issue: 1-3

Pages: 223-241

Type: Article

DOI: 10.1177/02601079X02001300110 GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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