Benchmarking Europe's lab benches: How successful has the OMC been in Research Policy?

Journal of Common Market Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 293-318

  McGuinness, Nina ^a   O'Carroll, Conor ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b Irish Universities Association   (Germany)

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EID: 77449085267     PISSN: 00219886     EISSN: 14685965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5965.2009.02053.x     Document Type: Article

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