Not being there: Why local innovation is not (always) related to local factors

Foundations of the Knowledge Economy: Innovation, Learning and Clusters

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 117-138

  Shearmur, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEBEC   (Canada)

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EID: 84866168593     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9780857937728.00013     Document Type: Chapter

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