Regional innovation systems: Which role for public policies and innovation agencies? some insights from the experience of an Italian Region

European Planning Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1399-1422

  Fiore, Annamaria ^a   Grisorio, Maria Jennifer ^a   Prota, Francesco ^b  

^a Agenzia Regionale per la Tecnologia e l'Innovazione ARTI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; GLOBALIZATION; INNOVATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SOCIAL POLICY;

ITALY; PUGLIA;

EID: 84855586335     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2011.586173     Document Type: Article

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