Do networks matter for innovation? The usefulness of the economic network approach in analysing innovation

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 298-309

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

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; NETWORKING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0032417647     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9663.00029     Document Type: Article

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