Geographical Clusters and Innovation Diffusion

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 31-46

  Baptista, Rui ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION; TECHNOLOGY POLICY; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 0035105958     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1625(99)00057-8     Document Type: Article

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