Are local milieus the key to innovation performance?

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-112

  Czarnitzki, Dirk ^a   Hottenrott, Hanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; LABOR SUPPLY; MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SKILLED LABOR;

EID: 59749098518     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2008.00584.x     Document Type: Article

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