From Learning Region to Learning in a Socio-spatial Context

Regional Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 981-992

  Rutten, Roel ^a   Boekema, Frans ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Innovation; Learning region; Relational approach; Social context; Space

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; INNOVATION; LEARNING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84866051230     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2012.712679     Document Type: Article

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