Universities-industry links and regional development in Japan: Connecting excellence and relevance?

Science, Technology and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-33

  Kitagawa, Fumi ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL LINKAGE; INNOVATION; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONALIZATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 65149083432     PISSN: 09717218     EISSN: 09730796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/097172180801400101     Document Type: Article

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