The role of Italian incubators and Science Parks in the Triple-Helix era. The hybrid model developed in Lombardy

International Journal of Technoentrepreneurship

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 290-303

  Colapinto, Cinzia ^a  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Business incubators; Entrepreneurial university; Incubator of incubators; Italy; Network based innovation; Science parks; SPs; Triple Helix model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857258809     PISSN: 17465370     EISSN: 17465389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTE.2011.043726     Document Type: Article

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