Are knowledge bases enough? a comparative study of the geography of knowledge sources in China (Great Beijing) and India (Pune)

European Planning Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1357-1373

  Chaminade, Cristina ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; SOFTWARE; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; PUNE;

EID: 79961073124     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2011.573171     Document Type: Article

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