The co-evolution of business incubation and national innovation systems in Taiwan

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 629-643

  Tsai, Fu Sheng ^a   Hsieh, Linda H Y ^b   Fang, Shih Chieh ^c   Lin, Julia L ^d  

^a CHENG SHIU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Business incubation; Co evolution; Industry and national innovation; Innovation policy

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS INCUBATION; CO-EVOLUTION; CRITICAL INTERFACES; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; FUTURE PROSPECTS; INNOVATION POLICY; INNOVATION SYSTEMS; INTEGRATED SERVICES; INTELLECTUAL CAPITALS; MICRO BUSINESS; MULTI-DIRECTIONAL; NATIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE; SOCIAL CHANGES; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

INNOVATION;

BUSINESS; COEVOLUTION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC GROWTH; INNOVATION; JOINT VENTURE; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY POLICY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 67349261426     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2008.08.009     Document Type: Article

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