Regional public research, higher education, and innovative start-ups: An empirical investigation

Small Business Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 865-885

  Fritsch, Michael ^a   Aamoucke, Ronney ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Innovative start ups; New business formation; Regional knowledge; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888053225     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-013-9510-z     Document Type: Article

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