Regional open innovation system as a platform for SMEs: a survey

International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 336-350

  Torkkeli, Marko ^a   Kotonen, Tiina ^a   Ahonen, Pasi ^b  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

innovation platform; open innovation; regional innovation system; Small and Mediumsized Enterprise; SME; survey; Triple Helix

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751607708     PISSN: 17402816     EISSN: 17402824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJFIP.2007.016456     Document Type: Article

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