On knowledge, networks, social capital and trust in innovation environments

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 575-592

  Campos, Eduardo Bueno ^a,b,c,d   Pomeda, Jesús Rodríguez ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Knowledge Management Area   (Spain)

^c Unidad de Genómica   (Spain)

^d Board of the Bank of Spain   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alliances; Intellectual capital; Networks; Science park; Social capital; Strategic management; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848854805     PISSN: 1368275X     EISSN: 17415098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2007.014598     Document Type: Article

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