Knowledge arbitrage, serendipity, and acquisition formality: Their effects on sustainable entrepreneurial activity in regions

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 564-577

  Carayannis, Elias G ^a   Provance, Mike ^b   Givens, Nathaniel ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge arbitrage; knowledge serendipity; new venture formation; robust competitiveness; sustainable entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE ARBITRAGE; KNOWLEDGE SERENDIPITY; NEW VENTURES; ROBUST COMPETITIVENESS; SUSTAINABLE ENTREPRENEURSHIP;

COMPETITION; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

EID: 79960721966     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2011.2109725     Document Type: Article

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