The Role of Knowledge Intermediaries in Developing Firm Learning Capabilities

European Planning Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1048-1061

  Parker, Rachel ^a   Hine, Damian ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INNOVATION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING;

EID: 84900850032     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2012.758688     Document Type: Article

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