Conceptualizing the regional roles of universities, implications and contradictions

European Planning Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1227-1246

  Uyarra, Elvira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EDUCATION POLICY; HIGHER EDUCATION; INNOVATION; MODELING; POLICY MAKING; POLICY STRATEGY; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

EID: 77954636742     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654311003791275     Document Type: Article

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