The impact of geography on the innovative productivity of software firms in the Netherlands

Regional Development in the Knowledge Economy

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 63-83

  Weterings, Anet ^a   Boschma, Ron ^b  

^a Netherlands Institute for Spatial Research   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 58049149351     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203017319     Document Type: Chapter

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