Small worlds and regional innovation

Organization Science

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 938-954

  Fleming, Lee ^a   King III, Charles ^b,c   Juda, Adam I ^d  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Greylock McKinnon Associates Inc   (United States)

^c Pleiades Consulting Group Inc   (United States)

^d GOOGLE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Innovation; Regional advantage; Small world networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 49549115394     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1070.0289     Document Type: Article

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