Economic policy from an evolutionary perspective: The case of Finland

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

Volumn 7, Issue 2-5, 2007, Pages 156-173

  Boschma, Ron A ^a   Sotarauta, Markku ^b,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c Research Unit for Urban and Regional Development Studies (Sente)   (Finland)

Author keywords

Economic geography; Evolutionary economics; Finnish economy; Finnish policy; ICT; Information and communication technology cluster; Innovation; Policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248147550     PISSN: 1368275X     EISSN: 17415098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijeim.2007.012880     Document Type: Article

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