Methodological issues in measuring innovation performance of spatial units

Industry and Innovation

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-37

  Brenner, Thomas ^a   Broekel, Tom ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Innovation generation; Innovation performance; National innovation system; Regional innovation system; Regional innovativeness

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; INNOVATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REGIONAL PATTERN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 78650260647     PISSN: 13662716     EISSN: 14698390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13662716.2010.528927     Document Type: Article

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