Understanding the inputs into innovation: Do cities substitute for internal firm resources?

Journal of Economics and Management Strategy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 295-316

  Forman, Chris ^a   Goldfarb, Avi ^b   Greenstein, Shane ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 43049127843     PISSN: 10586407     EISSN: 15309134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9134.2008.00179.x     Document Type: Article

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