University spillovers and new business location in high-technology sectors: Spanish evidence

Small Business Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 365-376

  Acosta, Manuel ^a   Coronado, Daniel ^a   Flores, Esther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Business location; Scientific knowledge; Technological knowledge; University spillovers

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951727693     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-009-9224-4     Document Type: Article

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