Collaboration, information and the geography of innovation in knowledge intensive business services

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-105

  Doloreux, David ^a   Shearmur, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CENTRE URBANISATION CULTURE SOCIÉTÉ   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Innovation; KIBS; Proximity; Qu bec; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS SERVICE; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84857417308     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbr003     Document Type: Article

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