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Regional innovation systems and the foundation of knowledge intensive business services. A comparative study in Bremen, Munich, and Stuttgart, Germany

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Pages 123-146 | Received 01 May 2004, Accepted 01 Nov 2004, Published online: 19 Aug 2006

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