Israel's technology incubators: Repeatable success or costly failure?

Regional Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 175-180

  Roper, Stephen ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY POLICY;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0033044734     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713693527     Document Type: Article

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