Evolution, innovation and learning: Evidence from case studies

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 137-149

  Freel, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case studies.; Evolution; Learning; innovation; Path dependency; Small firms

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; LEARNING PROCESS; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION;

EID: 0031815123     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985629800000008     Document Type: Article

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