Processes of knowledge creation in knowledge-intensive firms: Empirical evidence from Boston's Route 128 and Spain

Technovation

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 222-230

  Martín de Castro, Gregorio ^a   López Sáez, Pedro ^a   Navas López, José E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

High tech firms; Knowledge creation processes; Knowledge based view; Knowledge intensive firms

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROCESS PLANNING; REAL TIME CONTROL;

HIGH TECH FIRMS; KNOWLEDGE BASED VIEWS; KNOWLEDGE CREATION PROCESSES; KNOWLEDGE INTENSIVE FIRMS;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 40149097294     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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