The effect of participation in government consortia on the R&D productivity of firms: a case study of robot technology in Japan
✍ Scribed by Lechevalier, Sébastien; Ikeda, Yukio; Nishimura, Junichi
- Book ID
- 115507161
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis Group
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 171 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1043-8599
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