Regional competitiveness, university spillovers, and entrepreneurial activity

Small Business Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 587-601

  Audretsch, David B ^a,b,c   Hülsbeck, Marcel ^d   Lehmann, Erik E ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Regional competitiveness; University spillovers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865981282     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-011-9332-9     Document Type: Article

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