Transnational Networks and The Evolution of the Indian Software Industry:: The Role of Culture and Ethnicity

International Studies in Entrepreneurship

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages 97-121

  Täube, Florian A ^a  

^a Department of Economics ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Interview Partner; Knowledge Spillover; Software Industry; Transnational Network; Venture Capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 85146077047     PISSN: 15721922     EISSN: 21975884     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-23140-4_6     Document Type: Chapter

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