Regional knowledge production as determinant of high-technology entrepreneurship: Empirical evidence for Germany

International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 121-138

  Hülsbeck, Marcel ^a,b   Pickavé, Elena N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^b CCSE   (Italy)

Author keywords

High technology entrepreneurship; Regional knowledge production; Regional variations in entrepreneurship; University Technology Transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894376723     PISSN: 15547191     EISSN: 15551938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11365-011-0217-9     Document Type: Article

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