Finnish Mosaic of Regional Innovation System-Assessment of Thematic Regional Innovation Platforms Based on Related Variety

European Planning Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1583-1602

  Uotila, Tuomo ^a   Harmaakorpi, Vesa ^a   Hermans, Raine ^b  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; LEARNING; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY POLICY;

FINLAND;

EID: 84867295123     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2012.713331     Document Type: Article

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