Knowledge acquisition processes during the incubation of new high technology firms

International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 481-495

  Warren, Lorraine ^a   Patton, Dean ^a   Bream, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrepreneur; Incubation; Knowledge acquisition; Networks; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77349101560     PISSN: 15547191     EISSN: 15551938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11365-009-0121-8     Document Type: Article

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