New innovators and knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship in European sectoral systems: A field analysis

Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship and Innovation Systems: Evidence from Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 179-197

  Lenzi, Camilla ^a   Bishop, Kate ^b   Breschi, Stefano ^c   Buenstorf, Guido ^d   Llerena, Patrick ^e   Malerba, Franco ^c   Mancusi, Maria Luisa ^c   McKelvey, Maureen ^f  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d Growth and Public Policy   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

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EID: 84856054038     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203857403     Document Type: Chapter

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