Knowledge Networks and Processes of Anchoring in Portuguese Biotechnology;Des réseaux de connaissance et des systèmes d'ancrage dans la biotechnologie portugaise

Regional Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1018-1033

  Vale, Mário ^a   Carvalho, Luís ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE GEOGRAFIA E ORDENAMENTO DO TERRITÓRIO   (Portugal)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Global networks; Institutions; Portugal; Transnational entrepreneurs

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENTREPRENEUR; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; KNOWLEDGE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84922687257     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2011.644237     Document Type: Article

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