Collaboration for local economic development: Business networks, politics and universities in two Swedish cities

European Planning Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 487-505

  Engstrand, Åsa Karin ^a   Åhlander, Ann Mari Sätre ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; LOCAL ECONOMY; POLITICS; REGIONAL POLICY; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

BLEKINGE; EURASIA; EUROPE; KARLSKRONA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 42149089896     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654310801983274     Document Type: Article

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