Exploring plasticity in the development path of the automotive industry in Baden-Württemberg: The role of combinatorial knowledge dynamics

Zeitschrift fur Wirtschaftsgeographie

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 67-82

  Strambach, Simone ^a   Klement, Benjamin ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Innovation biography; Institutional change; Knowledge dynamics; Path plasticity

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; INNOVATION; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; KNOWLEDGE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; GERMANY;

EID: 84878529887     PISSN: 00443751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/zfw.2013.0006     Document Type: Review

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