Towards a dynamic knowledge-based approach to the innovation process: An empirical investigation on social capital inside an industrial cluster

International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 147-173

  Pirolo, Luca ^a   Presutti, Manuela ^b  

^a LUISS UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Industrial cluster; Innovation performance; Knowledge acquisition; Knowledge exploitation; Relationships; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447506312     PISSN: 14794853     EISSN: 14794861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJLIC.2007.013828     Document Type: Article

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