Evaluating the strategy of local public technology centers in regional innovation systems: Evidence from Japan

Science and Public Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 159-170

  Fukugawa, Nobuya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAGASAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 44849102040     PISSN: 03023427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/030234208X299062     Document Type: Article

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