Solving the knowledge filter puzzle: absorptive capacity, entrepreneurship and regional development

Small Business Economics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 99-114

  Qian, Haifeng ^a   Jung, Hyejin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Korea University of Technology and Education   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Entrepreneurship; Knowledge filter; Regional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976286999     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-016-9769-y     Document Type: Article

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