Patterns and collaborators of innovation in the primary sector: A study of the danish agriculture, forestry and fishery industry

Industry and Innovation

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 203-225

  Christensen, Jesper Lindgaard ^a   Dahl, Michael ^a   Eliasen, Søren ^a   Nielsen, René ^a   Østergaard, Christian Richter ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Innovation; Knowledge sources

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; FISHERY; FORESTRY; INFORMATION; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; PRIMARY SECTOR INDUSTRY;

DENMARK;

EID: 79851493877     PISSN: 13662716     EISSN: 14698390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13662716.2011.541105     Document Type: Article

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