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Resource Productivity: Europe’s Overlooked Route to Economic Security

By: Heather Grabbe  
Open Access
|Dec 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ie-2025-0062 | Journal eISSN: 1613-964X | Journal ISSN: 0020-5346
Language: English
Page range: 313 - 316
Published on: Dec 18, 2025
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
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© 2025 Heather Grabbe, published by ZBW – Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
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