Absorptive capacity in a regional context

Handbook of Regional Innovation and Growth

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 211-221

  Abreu, Maria ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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