Between policy and science: Research councils' responsiveness in Austria, Norway and Switzerland

Science and Public Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 401-415

  Slipersæter, Stig ^a   Lepori, Benedetto ^b   Dinges, Michael ^c  

^a NORDIC INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN INNOVATION   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^c JOANNEUM RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLICY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY STRATEGY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 35648990526     PISSN: 03023427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/030234207X239456     Document Type: Article

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