Creative destruction: Identifying its geographic origins

Research Policy

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 734-742

  Gilbert, Brett Anitra ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Creative destruction; Geographic clusters; Political economy; Technological discontinuities

Indexed keywords

CREATIVE DESTRUCTION; ECONOMIC LIFE; GEOGRAPHIC CLUSTERS; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGINS; POLITICAL ECONOMY; REGIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; TECHNOLOGICAL DISCONTINUITIES;

ENGINEERING; INNOVATION;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84858074541     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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