Knowledge transfers, spillovers and actors: The role of context and social capital

European Planning Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 873-891

  Lambooy, Jan G ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; KNOWLEDGE; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

EID: 77952496285     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654311003701407     Document Type: Article

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