Geographic proximity and firm-university innovation linkages: Evidence from Great Britain

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 949-977

  Abramovsky, Laura ^a   Simpson, Helen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geography; Innovation; Public research; Spillovers

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL LINKAGE; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SPILLOVER EFFECT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80054697677     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbq052     Document Type: Article

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