Proximity to knowledge sources and the location of knowledge-based start-ups

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-29

  Baptista, Rui ^a,b   Mendonça, Joana ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; FIRM SIZE; HUMAN CAPITAL; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM; MODELING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR; URBAN AREA;

EID: 77954084575     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-009-0289-4     Document Type: Article

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