Regional differences in environments for enterprises

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 187-202

  Ritsila, Jari J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Innovative milieu; Innovativity; Potential environment; Synergy

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; INNOVATION; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON;

FINLAND;

EID: 0032717660     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/089856299283164     Document Type: Article

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