Knowledge governance within clusters: The case of small firms

Knowledge Management Research and Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 229-239

  Bocquet, Rachel ^a   Mothe, Caroline ^a  

^a Chambéry   (France)

Author keywords

clusters; external knowledge integration; governance; proximity; small firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956353597     PISSN: 14778238     EISSN: 14778246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/kmrp.2010.14     Document Type: Article

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