The development of ICT clusters in European cities: Towards a typology

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 28, Issue 3-6, 2004, Pages 356-387

  Van Winden, Willem ^a   Van Der Meer, André ^a   Van Den Berg, Leo ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Capital and peripheral regions; ICT clusters; IT related development policies; National context; Organising capacity; The role of multinationals and foreign direct investment; Urban and regional systems of innovation

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INVESTMENTS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CAPITAL AND PERIPHERAL REGIONS; ICT-CLUSTERS; IT-RELATED DEVELOPMENT POLICIES; NATIONAL CONTEXT; ORGANIZING CAPACITY; THE ROLE OF MULTINATIONALS AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; URBAN AND REGIONAL SYSTEMS OF INNOVATION;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 5444222907     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijtm.2004.005293     Document Type: Review

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