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Exploring knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship in high-tech and low-tech manufacturing sectors: differences and similarities

In: Knowledge-Intensive Entrepreneurship in Low-Tech Industries

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  • Yannis D. Caloghirou
  • Aimilia Protogerou
  • Aggelos Tsakanikas

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This book contributes to the discussion about the relevance of knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship for industrial innovation in the context of traditional low-technology industries.

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  • Yannis D. Caloghirou & Aimilia Protogerou & Aggelos Tsakanikas, 2014. "Exploring knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship in high-tech and low-tech manufacturing sectors: differences and similarities," Chapters, in: Hartmut Hirsch-Kreinsen & Isabel Schwinge (ed.), Knowledge-Intensive Entrepreneurship in Low-Tech Industries, chapter 2, pages 17-41, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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