Social networks and competitive growth of university spin-off firms: A tale of two contrasting cities

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 198-209

  Soetanto, Danny P ^a   Van Geenhuizen, Marina ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Incubation support; Knowledge spillovers; Local proximity; Network profile; Regression analysis; Universitys pin off firms; Urban environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 62349139357     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: 14679663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2009.00529.x     Document Type: Article

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