The knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship

Small Business Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 757-774

  Acs, Zoltan J ^a   Audretsch, David B ^b   Lehmann, Erik E ^c  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Competition; Endogenous growth; Knowledge; Knowledge spillovers; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888051243     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-013-9505-9     Document Type: Article

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