Business networks and innovation in selected lagging areas of the European Union: A spatial perspective

European Planning Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-93

  Copus, Andrew ^a   Skuras, Dimitris ^b  

^a Nordregio   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; INNOVATION; NETWORKING; RURAL ECONOMY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33644796612     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654310500339885     Document Type: Article

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