Exploring Factors in the Success of Creative Incubators: a Cultural Entrepreneurship Perspective

Journal of the Knowledge Economy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 239-262

  Franco, Mário ^a   Haase, Heiko ^b   Correia, Sandra ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES JENA   (Germany)

^c Archive Management   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Creative and cultural industries; Creative economy; Creative incubator; Cultural entrepreneurship; Innovation; Success factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 85034239546     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18687873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13132-015-0338-4     Document Type: Article

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