Does geography matter for scienee-based firms? Epistemic communities and the geography of research and patenting in biotechnology

Organization Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 724-741

  Gittelman, Michelle ^a  

^a RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Clusters; Epistemic communities; Patents; Sociology of knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 39649114188     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1070.0249     Document Type: Article

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