The influence of co-location in higher education institutions on small firms' perspectives of knowledge transfer

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 265-283

  Lockett, Nigel ^a   Cave, Frank ^b   Kerr, Ron ^c   Robinson, Sarah ^d  

^a BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Open University Business School ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Co location; Entrepreneurship; HEIs; Knowledge exchange; Knowledge transfer; SME

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; COMMERCIALIZATION; FIRM SIZE; HIGHER EDUCATION; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67650333866     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985620802279973     Document Type: Article

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