An absorptive capacity theory of knowledge spillover entrepreneurship

Small Business Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 185-197

  Qian, Haifeng ^a   Acs, Zoltan J ^b  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Entrepreneurship; Human capital; Knowledge spillover

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873142998     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-011-9368-x     Document Type: Article

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