Knowledge access at distance: Strategies and practices of new biotechnology firms in emerging locations

Regional Development in the Knowledge Economy

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 135-159

  Fontes, Margarida ^a  

^a INETI   (Portugal)

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EID: 33750379745     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203017319     Document Type: Chapter

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