The geography of talent: Entrepreneurship and local economic development in Oxfordshire

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 449-478

  Lawton Smith, Helen ^a   Glasson, John ^b   Chadwick, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Institutionalization; Networks; Oxfordshire; Talent

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; LOCAL ECONOMY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; OXFORDSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 31144466357     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985620500247819     Document Type: Article

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