How culture and government shape entrepreneurial innovation: the case of Korean and UK online gaming firms

Asian Journal of Technology Innovation

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 237-250

  Tsang, Denise ^a   Park, Younsuk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

culture; innovation; institution; online games; public policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890835323     PISSN: 19761597     EISSN: 21586721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19761597.2013.866315     Document Type: Article

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