Social capital, ICT use and company performance: Findings from the Medicon Valley Biotech Cluster

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1156-1166

  Steinfield, Charles ^a   Scupola, Ada ^b   López Nicolás, Carolina ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Business clusters; ICTs; Social capital

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CLUSTERS; COLLABORATIVE TOOLS; COMPANY PERFORMANCE; DENMARK; INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL; KNOWLEDGE RESOURCE; KNOWLEDGE-INTENSIVE BUSINESS; ONLINE DATABASE; PERFORMANCE OUTCOME; PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS; REGIONAL BUSINESS; RELATED PRODUCTS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL CAPITALS; START-UP COMPANIES; START-UPS;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; LANDFORMS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; FIRM SIZE; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

DENMARK; SWEDEN;

EID: 77955056502     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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