Regional innovation systems: How to assess performance

Regional Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 661-672

  Zabala Iturriagagoitia, Jon M ^a   Voigt, Peter ^a   Gutiérrez Gracia, Antonio ^a   Jiménez Sáez, Fernando ^a  

^a INGENIO CSIC UPV Technical University of Valencia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA); Efficiency; Regional Innovation Systems (RIS)

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INNOVATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLICY MAKING;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 34548645754     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400601120270     Document Type: Article

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