Juggling with Proximity and Distance: Collaborative Innovation Projects in the Danish Cleantech Industry

Economic Geography

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 375-402

  Hansen, Teis ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cleantech; Collaboration motives; Distance; Innovation projects; Proximity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925297308     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: 19448287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecge.12057     Document Type: Article

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