Measures for knowledge-based economic development: Introducing data mining techniques to economic developers in the state of Georgia and the US South

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 950-965

  Shapira, Philip ^a   Youtie, Jan ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Data mining; Economic development; Innovation; Knowledge measurement

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PUBLISHING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIBLIOMETRICS; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE MEASUREMENT; PUBLICATIONS;

DATA MINING;

COMPETITIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748071806     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2006.05.017     Document Type: Article

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