Searching near and far: A practice perspective of knowledge access in emerging clusters

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 4-28

  Callagher, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND BUSINESS SCHOOL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Emerging industrial clusters; Knowledge access; Knowledge search; Practice; Situated learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857349989     PISSN: 1368275X     EISSN: 17415098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2012.044074     Document Type: Review

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