Science Parks and the Performance of New Technology-Based Firms: A Review of Recent U.K. Evidence and an Agenda for Future Research

Small Business Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 177-184

  Siegel, Donald S ^a   Westhead, Paul ^a   Wright, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0037279165     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022268100133     Document Type: Review

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