Social capital through networks: The case of university spin-off firms in different stages

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 509-520

  Soetanto, Danny P ^a   Van Geenhuizen, Marina ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Job growth; Social capital; Social networks; University spin off firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649437704     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: 14679663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2010.00632.x     Document Type: Article

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