When Do Global Pipelines Enhance the Diffusion of Knowledge in Clusters?

Economic Geography

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 77-96

  Morrison, Andrea ^a,b   Rabellotti, Roberta ^c   Zirulia, Lorenzo ^b,d,e  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clusters; Knowledge diffusion; Knowledge gatekeepers

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; INNOVATION; PIPELINE;

EID: 84871113842     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: 19448287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2012.01167.x     Document Type: Article

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