Learning about innovation in Europe's regional policy

The Learning Region: Foundations, State of the Art, Future

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 231-251

  Bellini, Nicola ^a   Landabaso, Mikel ^b  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b Department of Regional Innovation Strategies and Technology Transfer ^*  (Belgium)

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