Local embeddedness of knowledge spillover agents: Empirical evidence from German star scientists

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 275-294

  Schiller, Daniel ^a   Diez, Javier Revilla ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; Intangible assets; Knowledge spillover; Spatial impact; Star scientists

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; HUMAN CAPITAL; KNOWLEDGE; LOCAL ECONOMY;

GERMANY;

EID: 77954652023     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1435-5957.2010.00294.x     Document Type: Article

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