Firm Building and Entrepreneurship in Second-Tier High-Tech Regions

European Planning Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1392-1417

  Mayer, Heike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INNOVATION; REGIONAL ECONOMY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

BOISE; BOSTON; CALIFORNIA; IDAHO; MASSACHUSETTS; SILICON VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884502668     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2012.755833     Document Type: Article

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