Benchmarking innovation in the Valencian Community

European Urban and Regional Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 333-347

  Zabala Iturriagagoitia, Jon Mikel ^a   Gutiérrez Gracia, Antonio ^a   Jiménez Sáez, Fernando ^a  

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

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Indicators; Innovation policy; Regional innovation system; Valencian Community

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; COMPETITIVENESS; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; INNOVATION; POLICY STRATEGY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; TECHNOLOGY POLICY;

COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 52249093782     PISSN: 09697764     EISSN: 14617145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969776408090417     Document Type: Article

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