Innovation and regional absorptive capacity: The labour market dimension

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 437-447

  Roper, Stephen ^a   Love, James H ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; LABOR MARKET; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION;

EID: 33745204435     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-006-0068-4     Document Type: Article

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