The emergence of the knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship

Small Business Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-18

  Ghio, Niccolò ^a   Guerini, Massimiliano ^b   Lehmann, Erik E ^c,d,e   Rossi Lamastra, Cristina ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^d CCSE   (Italy)

^e CCSE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bibliometric analysis; Entrepreneurship; Knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship; Knowledge spillovers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939875948     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-014-9588-y     Document Type: Article

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