Analysing the knowledge base configuration that drives southwest Saxony's automotive firms

European Urban and Regional Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 206-226

  Plum, Oliver ^a   Hassink, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automotive industry; Germany; innovation process; knowledge bases; knowledge sourcing; social network analysis; southwest Saxony

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM; MANUFACTURING; SOCIAL NETWORK;

GERMANY; SAXONY;

EID: 84876266563     PISSN: 09697764     EISSN: 14617145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969776412454127     Document Type: Article

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