Space-related antecedents of social capital: Some empirical inquiries about the creation of new firms

International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 217-234

  Presutti, Manuela ^a   Boari, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Embeddedness; Industrial clusters; Inter organizational networks; Social capital; Spatial dimension; Start up

Indexed keywords

EID: 43449087908     PISSN: 15547191     EISSN: 15551938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11365-007-0063-y     Document Type: Article

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