Desperately seeking spillovers? Increasing returns, industrial organization and the location of new entrants in geographic and technological space

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 89-130

  Aharonson, Barak S ^a   Baum, Joel A C ^a   Feldman, Maryann P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENTREPRENEUR; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

EID: 34447531753     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtl034     Document Type: Article

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