Orienting european innovation systems towards grand challenges and the roles that FTA can play

Science and Public Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 140-152

  Cagnin, Cristiano ^a,b   Amanatidou, Effie ^c   Keenan, Michael ^c  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b SCN Quadra 2 Bloco A Ed Corporate Financial Center   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

European union; Foresight; Grand challenges; Innovation systems; Technology assessment

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CAPACITY BUILDING; EUROPEAN UNION; INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGY POLICY;

EID: 84865972098     PISSN: 03023427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scipol/scs014     Document Type: Article

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