The sources of social capital within technology incubators: the roles of historical ties and organisational facilitation

International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 327-345

  Scillitoe, Joanne L ^a   Chakrabarti, Alok K ^b  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

incubation; social capital; technological learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 75349094425     PISSN: 14794853     EISSN: 14794861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJLIC.2005.008089     Document Type: Article

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