Not Invented Here? Innovation in company towns

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 78-89

  Agrawal, Ajay ^a   Cockburn, Iain ^b   Rosell, Carlos ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Government of Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Entrepreneurship; Innovation; Knowledge flows; Recombination

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449646152     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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