Education and Skills Policy for the Knowledge Economy: Insights from Territorial Innovation Models and Territorial Knowledge Dynamics

European Planning Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1803-1821

  James, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; LABOR MARKET; POLICY MAKING; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL POLICY; TERRITORIAL MANAGEMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84867569969     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2012.723422     Document Type: Article

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