The impact of higher education institution-firm knowledge links on establishment-level productivity in british regions

Manchester School

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 143-162

  Harris, Richard ^a   Li, Qian Cher ^b   Moffat, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84873999364     PISSN: 14636786     EISSN: 14679957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9957.2011.02276.x     Document Type: Article

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