Location attributes and start-ups in knowledge-intensive business services

Industry and Innovation

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 103-121

  Andersson, Martin ^a,b   Hellerstedt, Karin ^a  

^a JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; KIBS; Knowledge intensive business services; Market size; Spillovers; Start ups

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS SERVICE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENTREPRENEUR; FIRM SIZE; LOCATION DECISION; SPILLOVER EFFECT; STOCK MARKET;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 70350125620     PISSN: 13662716     EISSN: 14698390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13662710902728126     Document Type: Article

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