Regional innovation policies in the Czech Republic and the case of Prague: An emerging role of a regional level?

European Planning Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 871-888

  Blažek, Jiříd ^a   Uhlíř, David ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Regional Development Agency of South Moravia   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INNOVATION; REGIONAL POLICY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TECHNOLOGY POLICY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; PRAGUE;

EID: 34447558058     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654310701356175     Document Type: Article

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