The innovation ecosystem as booster for the innovative entrepreneurship in the smart specialisation strategy

International Journal of Knowledge-Based Development

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 271-288

  Romano, Aldo ^a   Passiante, Giuseppina ^a   Vecchio, Pasquale Del ^a   Secundo, Giustina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Innovation ecosystems; Innovative entrepreneurship; Intelligent growth; Knowledge based regional development; Smart specialisation strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908229487     PISSN: 20404468     EISSN: 20404476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJKBD.2014.065315     Document Type: Article

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