Exploring the role of spatial relationships to transform knowledge in a business idea - Beyond a geographic proximity

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 887-897

  Cantù, Chiara ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b SeGeSTa Department of Management   (Italy)

Author keywords

Academic spin off; Innovation; Proximity dimensions; Resource combination; Science and Technology Parks; Spatial relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955331644     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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