Knowledge flows through informal contacts in industrial clusters: Myth or reality?

Research Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1673-1686

  Dahl, Michael S ^a   Pedersen, Christian Ø R ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Communication technology; Informal contacts; Regional clusters

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; PERSONNEL; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INFORMAL CONTACTS; INFORMAL SYSTEMS; REGIONAL CLUSTERS;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 11844276990     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2004.10.004     Document Type: Article

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