Embeddedness, milieu, and innovation among high-technology firms: A Richardson, Texas, case study

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 891-908

  Lyons, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; INNOVATION; URBAN ECONOMY;

RICHARDSON; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034119129     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a3279     Document Type: Article

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