Communities of knowledge: Entrepreneurship, innovation and networks in the British outdoor trade, 1960-90

Business History

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 609-639

  Parsons, Mike C ^a   Rose, Mary B ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); ENTREPRENEUR; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INNOVATION; RETAILING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 4544244905     PISSN: 00076791     EISSN: 17437938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0007679042000231865     Document Type: Article

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