Knowledge context, learning and innovation: an integrating framework

Industry and Innovation

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 339-364

  Roper, Stephen ^a   Love, James H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ambition; innovation; Knowledge; learning; sector

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HETEROGENEITY; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING;

EID: 85038611875     PISSN: 13662716     EISSN: 14698390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13662716.2017.1414744     Document Type: Article

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