Characteristics of knowledge interactions between universities and small firms in Japan

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 379-401

  Fukugawa, Nobuya ^a,b  

^a JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Innovation; Small firms; Spillover; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844549652     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242605054052     Document Type: Article

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