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Does Investment in Advertising Boost Economic Performance? Firm-Level Evidence of Ecuadorian Manufacturing
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https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-27242019000400100Abstract
Keywords:
- Productivity
- advertising
- firm strategy
- intangible capital.
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