Creating advantage in peripheral regions: The role of publicly funded R&D centres

Research Policy

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 832-841

  Hewitt Dundas, Nola ^a   Roper, Stephen ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Northern Ireland; Publicly funded; R D; R D centre

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS; LOGIC MODELS; NORTHERN IRELAND; POLICY INSTRUMENTS; POLICY MAKERS; PUBLICLY FUNDED; REGIONAL IMPACTS; RESEARCH CENTRES; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

COMPETITION;

EID: 79957777946     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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