The dilemmas of operationalizing cluster policy: The medical technology cluster in the West Midlands

European Planning Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1273-1290

  Burfitt, Alex ^a   MacNeill, Stewart ^a   Gibney, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUZZY MATHEMATICS; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; MEDICINE; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY POLICY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WEST MIDLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548311562     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654310701529284     Document Type: Review

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