Regions matter: How localized social capital affects innovation and external knowledge acquisition

Organization Science

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 177-193

  Laursen, Keld ^a   Masciarelli, Francesca ^b   Prencipe, Andrea ^b,c  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

External R D acquisition; Internal R D; Product innovation; Social capital; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860331614     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1110.0650     Document Type: Article

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