University-industry linkages: What are the determinants of distance in collaborations?

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 715-739

  Muscio, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Knowledge transfer; Proximity; University industry collaboration

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRY; KNOWLEDGE; MOBILITY; RESEARCH; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

ITALY;

EID: 84887612237     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1435-5957.2012.00442.x     Document Type: Article

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