Entrepreneurship, proximity and regional innovation systems

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 652-666

  Sternberg, Rolf ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Proximity; Regional innovation systems; Return migrants; Technology based regional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 36248977645     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: 14679663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2007.00431.x     Document Type: Article

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