Cluster Emergence and Network Evolution: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Inventor Network in Sophia-Antipolis

Regional Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 651-668

  Ter Wal, Anne L J ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cluster evolution; Collective learning; Network evolution; Sophia Antipolis

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE;

ALPES MARITIMES; FRANCE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS;

EID: 84927802021     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343401003614258     Document Type: Article

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