Quadruple Helix as a Way to Bridge the Gender Gap in Entrepreneurship: The Case of an Innovation System Project in the Baltic Sea Region

Journal of the Knowledge Economy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 94-113

  Lindberg, Malin ^a   Lindgren, Monica ^b   Packendorff, Johann ^b  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Civil society organizations; Entrepreneurship; Gender gap; Innovation systems; Quadruple Helix

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894681545     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18687873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13132-012-0098-3     Document Type: Article

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