When local interaction does not suffice: Sources of firm innovation in urban Norway

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1248-1267

  Fitjar, Rune Dahl ^a   Rodríguez Pose, Andrés ^b,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c Social Sciences   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRM SIZE; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; INNOVATION; OWNERSHIP; URBAN AREA;

BERGEN; HORDALAND; KRISTIANSAND; NORWAY; OSLO [NORWAY]; ROGALAND; SOR TRONDELAG; STAVANGER; TRONDHEIM; VEST AGDER;

EID: 79959978574     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a43516     Document Type: Article

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