The impact of foresight on innovation policy-making: Recent experiences and future perspectives

Research Evaluation

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 91-104

  Havas, Attila ^a   Schartinger, Doris ^b   Weber, Matthias ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

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EID: 77955617580     PISSN: 09582029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/095820210X510133     Document Type: Article

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