Network positions and efforts to innovate in a small Canadian optics and photonics clusters

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

Volumn 7, Issue 2-5, 2007, Pages 251-271

  Ouimet, Mathieu ^a,c   Landry, Réjean ^b   Amara, Nabil ^b,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Industrial clusters; Innovation; Small and medium enterprises (SMEs); Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248173933     PISSN: 1368275X     EISSN: 17415098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijeim.2007.012883     Document Type: Article

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