Innovation, spillovers and university-industry collaboration: An extended knowledge production function approach

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 231-255

  Ponds, Roderik ^a,b   van Oort, Frank ^a,b   Frenken, Koen ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Innovation; Knowledge production function; Knowledge spillovers; Proximity; Research collaboration; Science based industries; Social networks; University industry collaboration

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 77649146318     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbp036     Document Type: Article

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