Science Park Location and New Technology-Based Firms in Sweden - Implications for Strategy and Performance

Small Business Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 245-258

  Lindelöf, Peter ^a   Löfsten, Hans ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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EID: 0037245093     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022861823493     Document Type: Review

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