Knowledge-based capital in building regional innovation capacity

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 121-136

  Schiuma, Giovanni ^a,b   Lerro, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Innovation; Knowledge management; Regional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 53549113899     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270810902984     Document Type: Review

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