Knowlege networks for innovation in small scottish software firms

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 217-244

  Collinson, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Knowledge networks regional development policy clusters software industry sociotechnical constituencies

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; INNOVATION; SOFTWARE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033822018     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/089856200413473     Document Type: Article

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