Regional Policy and University Knowledge Transfer: Perspectives from Devolved Regions in the UK

Regional Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 817-832

  Huggins, Robert ^a   Kitagawa, Fumi ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Devolution; Knowledge commercialization; Knowledge transfer; Scotland; Universities; Wales

Indexed keywords

DEVOLUTION; KNOWLEDGE; POLICY ANALYSIS; REGIONAL POLICY; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 84861895003     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2011.583913     Document Type: Article

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