Innovation in the green economy: An extension of the regional innovation system model?

Economic Development Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-25

  Chapple, Karen ^a   Kroll, Cynthia ^a   William Lester, T ^b   Montero, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

green economy; job creation; networks; regional innovation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; INNOVATION; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650687744     PISSN: 08912424     EISSN: 15523543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891242410386219     Document Type: Article

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