Explaining varieties of regional innovation policies in Europe

European Urban and Regional Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-52

  Prange, Heiko ^a  

^a EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Europeanization; Netherlands; Policy performance; Regional innovation policies; Regionalization; Sweden; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; INNOVATION; OECD; REGIONAL PLANNING; REGIONAL POLICY; REGIONALIZATION;

BENELUX; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 37249087430     PISSN: 09697764     EISSN: 14617145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969776407081276     Document Type: Article

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