National laboratories and regional development: Case studies from the uk, france and belgium

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-18

  Lawton Smith, Helen ^a  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Incubator organizations; Innovative milieu; National laboratories; Spatial integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942671734     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985629600000001     Document Type: Article

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