Firm clustering and innovation: Determinants and effects

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 337-356

  Oerlemans, Leon A G ^a   Meeus, Marius T H ^b   Boekema, Frans W M ^c,d  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Innovation output; Networks; Organisational and spatial embeddedness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001065717     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/pl00013637     Document Type: Article

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