The missing pillar: The creativity theory of knowledge spillover entrepreneurship

Small Business Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 819-836

  Audretsch, David B ^a   Belitski, Maksim ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOLZANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Creativity spillover; Entrepreneurship; European city; Human capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888035541     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-013-9508-6     Document Type: Article

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