Combinatorial Knowledge Bases: An Integrative and Dynamic Approach to Innovation Studies

Economic Geography

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 480-499

  Manniche, Jesper ^a   Moodysson, Jerker ^b,c   Testa, Stefania ^d  

^a Centre for Regional and Tourism Research   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

innovation; integrative approach; knowledge base

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84981485807     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: 19448287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00130095.2016.1205948     Document Type: Article

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