Informational networks and innovation in mature industrial clusters

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 603-613

  Casanueva, Cristóbal ^a   Castro, Ignacio ^a   Galán, José L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Explicit and tacit knowledge; Geographic cluster; Interorganizational networks; Mature sector; Product and process innovation; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875119511     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2012.02.043     Document Type: Article

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