Opportunities and Challenges in the Use of Innovation Prizes as a Government Policy Instrument

Minerva

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 191-196

  Kay, Luciano ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Innovation prizes; Policy instruments; Science and technology policy; Science and technology policy studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862847903     PISSN: 00264695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11024-012-9198-2     Document Type: Article

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