Gatekeepers of knowledge versus platforms of Knowledge: From potential to realized absorptive capacity

Regional Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 837-852

  Lazaric, Nathalie ^a   Longhi, Christian ^a   Thomas, Catherine ^a,b  

^a GREDEG CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Gatekeeper; High technology clusters; Knowledge; Platform of knowledge; Sophia Antipolis

Indexed keywords

HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ALPES MARITIMES; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS; WESTERN EUROPE;

PYRONIA TITHONUS;

EID: 48949116309     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400701827386     Document Type: Article

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