Cassia, Lucio; Colombelli, Alessandra; Paleari, Stefano - In: Structural Change and Economic Dynamics 20 (2009) 3, pp. 211-220
The paper investigates the effects of external sources of knowledge on firm growth. In line with the knowledge … spillovers literature, we focus on the relationship between firms and universities, considered as a crucial source of knowledge … universities' knowledge input and output are important determinants of the growth of entrepreneurial firms. …