Universities as key enablers to develop new collaborative environments for innovation: Successful experiences from Switzerland and India

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 47, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 4935-4953

  Flores, Myrna ^a   Bor, Claudio ^b   Huber, Charles ^c   Pluss, Adrian ^c   Schoch, Roger ^c   Pouly, Michel ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Collaborative environments; Regional innovation systems; Universities

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENTS; CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR; NEW ICT; REGIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; SWITZERLAND;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; REGIONAL PLANNING;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 73349107439     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540902847454     Document Type: Article

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