The knowledge-space dynamic in the British biotechnology industry: Function, relation, and association

Creative Regions: Technology, Culture and Knowledge Entrepreneurship

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 148-168

  Birch, Kean ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 68749084735     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203926703     Document Type: Chapter

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