Innovation and regional socio-economic development - evidence from the finnish local administrative units

Bulletin of Geography

Volumn 15, Issue , 2011, Pages 27-42

  Makkonen, Teemu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Finland; Innovation; Patents; Regional socio economic development; Research and development

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958190549     PISSN: 17324254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10089-011-0002-0     Document Type: Article

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