Merits, problems and paradoxes of regional innovation policies

Local Economy

Volumn 26, Issue 6-7, 2011, Pages 544-561

  Grillo, Francesco ^a,b   Landabaso, Mikel ^c  

^a Vision and Value   (Italy)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

cohesion policies; Europe; innovation; public investments in R D; R D; regional development; regional innovation strategies; structural funds

Indexed keywords

EID: 83755225197     PISSN: 02690942     EISSN: 14709325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269094211417161     Document Type: Review

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