Regionalization of innovation policies: The case of Japan

European Planning Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 601-618

  Kitagawa, Fumi ^a,b  

^a HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INNOVATION; REGIONAL POLICY; REGIONALIZATION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; WORLD;

EID: 21644439977     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654310500107332     Document Type: Article

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