Knowledge spillovers, collective entrepreneurship, and economic growth: The role of universities

Small Business Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 797-817

  Leyden, Dennis Patrick ^a   Link, Albert N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective entrepreneurship; Knowledge spillovers; University collaboration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888049794     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-013-9507-7     Document Type: Article

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