The knowledge spillover theory of intrapreneurship

Small Business Economics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 1-30

  Braunerhjelm, Pontus ^a,b   Ding, Ding ^a   Thulin, Per ^a,b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Innovation; Knowledge diffusion; Labour mobility; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 85029576397     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-017-9928-9     Document Type: Article

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