Transnational technology transfer of smes and its impact on regional development

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 301-315

  Weikl, Christian ^a   Grotz, Reinhold ^b  

^a Centre for Technology and Entrepreneurship Hagen   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Internationalization of smes; Regional development; Regional networking; Transnational technology transfer of smes

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

GERMANY;

EID: 0033388587     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/089856299283128     Document Type: Article

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