The role of Higher Education Institutions in building regional innovation systems

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 271-286

  Caniëls, Marjolein C J ^a   Van den Bosch, Herman ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Higher Education Institutions; Learning; Regional development; Regional innovation system

Indexed keywords

HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; HIGHER EDUCATION; INNOVATION; LEARNING; NETWORK ANALYSIS; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 79958120489     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1435-5957.2010.00344.x     Document Type: Article

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