Regional development and regional innovation policy in New Zealand: Issues and tensions in a small remote country

European Planning Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 559-579

  Nischalke, Tobias ^a   Schöllmann, Andrea ^a  

^a Ministry of Economic Development   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL POLICY;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; WORLD;

EID: 21644486733     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654310500107217     Document Type: Article

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