The effect of social diversity on regional innovation: Measures and empirical evidence

International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 142-157

  Qian, Haifeng ^a   Stough, Roger R ^b  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Innovation; Patent; R D; Regions; Social diversity; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956274813     PISSN: 17402816     EISSN: 17402824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijfip.2011.040071     Document Type: Article

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