What the evaluation record tells us about European Union Framework Programme performance

Science and Public Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 385-397

  Arnold, Erik ^a   Clark, John ^a   Muscio, Alessandro ^a  

^a Technopolis Group Austria   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 30144440777     PISSN: 03023427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/147154305781779335     Document Type: Article

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