The path- and place-dependent nature of scientific knowledge production in biotech 1986-2008

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 339-364

  Heimeriks, Gaston ^a   Boschma, Ron ^b,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Branching; Geography of biotechnology; Path dependence; Place dependence; Scientific knowledge production; Title words

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889879523     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbs052     Document Type: Article

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