External Knowledge and Innovation Performance in Clusters: Empirical Evidence from the Uruguay Software Cluster

Industry and Innovation

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 437-457

  Kesidou, Effie ^a   Snijders, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

clusters; External knowledge; innovation; knowledge gatekeepers; networks

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; SOFTWARE;

MONTEVIDEO [URUGUAY]; URUGUAY;

EID: 84865482257     PISSN: 13662716     EISSN: 14698390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13662716.2012.711028     Document Type: Article

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