Knowledge-intensive business services as knowledge mediators in different regional contexts: The case of Norway

Knowledge-Intensive Business Services Geography and Innovation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 97-122

  Aslesen, Heidi Wiig ^a   Isaksen, Arne ^b  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

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