Science parks: Seedbeds of innovation? A duration analysis of firms' patenting activity

Small Business Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-190

  Squicciarini, Mariagrazia ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Duration analysis; Innovation; Knowledge spillovers; Patents; Science Parks; Seedbeds of innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149166446     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-007-9075-9     Document Type: Article

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