Innovative milieu, micro firms and local development in Barcelona

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 214-231

  Lladós, Josep ^a   Fernández Ardèvol, Mireia ^a   Jordi, Vilaseca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Barcelona; Business success; Entrepreneurship; ICT; Information and Communications Technology; Innovation; Milieu; Network

Indexed keywords

EID: 59549100563     PISSN: 14761297     EISSN: 17418054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2009.022807     Document Type: Article

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