The learning region: A conceptual anatomy

The Learning Region: Foundations, State of the Art, Future

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 127-142

  Rutten, Roel ^a   Boekema, Frans ^a,b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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