Regional entrepreneurship and innovation in Chile: a knowledge matching approach

Small Business Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 685-703

  Modrego, Félix ^a,b   McCann, Philip ^a   Foster, William E ^c   Olfert, M Rose ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chile; Entrepreneurship; Innovation; Knowledge matching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941733266     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-014-9612-2     Document Type: Article

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