Gatekeepers, knowledge brokers and inter-firm knowledge transfer in Beijing's Zhongguancun science park

International Journal of Innovation Management

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-122

  Ramirez, Matias ^a   Dickenson, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China innovation system; Clusters; Gatekeepers; Knowledge brokers; Knowledge transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951589267     PISSN: 13639196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1363919610002568     Document Type: Article

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