Networks and geography in the economics of knowledge flows

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1031-1051

  Maggioni, Mario A ^a   Uberti, Teodora Erika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geography; Innovation; Knowledge flows; Networks; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051469179     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-011-9488-z     Document Type: Article

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