Inheriting knowledge and sustaining relationships: What stimulates the innovative performance of small software firms in the Netherlands?

Research Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 320-335

  Weterings, Anet ^a   Koster, Sierdjan ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Innovation; Knowledge inheritance; Software sector; Spatial proximity; Spin offs

Indexed keywords

DATA STRUCTURES; EMPLOYMENT; INNOVATION; JOB ANALYSIS; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

KNOWLEDGE INHERITANCE; SOFTWARE SECTOR; SPATIAL PROXIMITY; SPIN-OFFS;

FIRMWARE;

EID: 33947254952     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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