Challenges facing the EU: Scope for a coherent response

European Societies

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 229-244

  Room, Graham ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountability; Benchmarking; Competitiveness; Knowledge based economies; Lisbon process

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047162930     PISSN: 14616696     EISSN: 14698307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616690701217858     Document Type: Article

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