Innovating and Exploiting Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Smart Cities: Evidence from Germany

Creativity and Innovation Management

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 601-616

  Kraus, Sascha ^a,b   Richter, Chris ^b,c,d   Papagiannidis, Savvas ^e   Durst, Susanne ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN   (Liechtenstein)

^b Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^c Lake Erie College   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

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EID: 84954315048     PISSN: 09631690     EISSN: 14678691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/caim.12154     Document Type: Article

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