Innovation and productivity in SMEs: empirical evidence for Italy

Small Business Economics - Tập 33 Số 1 - Trang 13-33 - 2009
Bronwyn H. Hall1, Francesca Lotti2, Jacques Mairesse3
1Department of Economics, University of California at Berkeley, 549 Evans Hall, Berkeley, CA, 94720-3880, USA
2Economic Research Department, Bank of Italy, Via Nazionale 91, 00184, Rome, Italy
3UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

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