Connecting local entrepreneurial ecosystems to global innovation networks: Open innovation, double networks and knowledge integration

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-59

  Malecki, Edward J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial ecosystems; Knowledge integration; Networks; Open innovation; R D location; Regional innovation systems; RISs

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959702358     PISSN: 1368275X     EISSN: 17415098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2011.040821     Document Type: Article

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