Local knowledge spillovers and development: An exploration of the software cluster in Uruguay

Industry and Innovation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 247-272

  Kesidou, Effie ^a   Caniëls, Marjolein C J ^b   Romijn, Henny A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clusters; Developing countries; Knowledge flows; Local knowledge spillovers; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INNOVATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SPILLOVER EFFECT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

URUGUAY;

EID: 77954094655     PISSN: 13662716     EISSN: 14698390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13662710902764444     Document Type: Article

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