How human capital and social networks may influence the patterns of international learning among academic spin-off firms

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 287-311

  Taheri, Mozhdeh ^a   van Geenhuizen, Marina ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Academic spin off firms; Human capital; Innovation level; International knowledge relations; Social networks

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; HUMAN CAPITAL; INNOVATION; LEARNING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SOCIAL NETWORK; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EUROPE;

EID: 79958178402     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1435-5957.2011.00363.x     Document Type: Article

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