Scientific labour markets, networks and regional innovation systems

Regional Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 961-976

  Smith, Helen Lawton ^a   Waters, Rupert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCKINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire; Regional innovation systems; Scientific labour markets

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INNOVATION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR STANDARD; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SKILLED LABOR; SOCIAL NETWORK;

CAMBRIDGESHIRE; ENGLAND; OXFORDSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79960648562     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2011.557655     Document Type: Article

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