Entrepreneurial innovation: The importance of context

Research Policy

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1097-1108

  Autio, Erkko ^a   Kenney, Martin ^b,c   Mustar, Philippe ^d   Siegel, Don ^e   Wright, Mike ^a,f  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial context; Entrepreneurial ecosystems; Entrepreneurial innovation; Entrepreneurship policy; Innovation systems

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; INNOVATION;

ENTREPRENEURIAL CONTEXT; ENTREPRENEURSHIP POLICIES; INNOVATION SYSTEM; NATIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS; POLICY IMPLICATIONS;

PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 84902551388     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2014.01.015     Document Type: Article

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