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The impact of higher education institution-firm knowledge links on firm-level productivity in Britain

R. Harris Department of Economics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8RT, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Q. C. Li Imperial College Business School, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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J. Moffat Department of Economics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8RT, UK
Pages 1243-1246 | Published online: 07 Mar 2011

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