Social capital and the innovative performance of Italian provinces

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 908-929

  Crescenzi, Riccardo ^a   Gagliardi, Luisa ^a   Percoco, Marco ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Innovation; Knowledge transfer; Regional development; Social capital

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; ECONOMIC PLANNING; HUMAN CAPITAL; INCENTIVE; INNOVATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL PLANNING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

ITALY;

EID: 84876437154     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a45221     Document Type: Article

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