Integrated versus core-periphery structures in regional biotechnology networks

European Management Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-85

  Rank, Charlotte ^a,d   Rank, Olaf ^b   Wald, Andreas ^c  

^a BASF SE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Deutsches Forschungsinstitut für öffentliche Verwaltung   (Germany)

^d NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Innovation management; Interorganizational networks; Network analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33344462557     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2005.12.009     Document Type: Article

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