What do we know about geographical knowledge spillovers and regional growth?: A survey of the literature

Regional Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 375-395

  Döring, Thomas ^a,b   Schnellenbach, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffusion of innovations; Innovation; Knowledge spillovers; Regional growth; Research and development

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC THEORY; INNOVATION; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 33646396501     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400600632739     Document Type: Article

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