Are incubators good for business? Understanding incubation practice - The challenges for policy

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 861-881

  Hannon, Paul D ^a   Chaplin, Paul ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b The Incubation Practice   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; INVESTMENT; POLICY STRATEGY;

EID: 1642439220     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c0215     Document Type: Article

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