Regional innovation policies in a globally connected environment

Science and Public Policy

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-16

  Mastroeni, Michele ^a   Tait, Joyce ^a   Rosiello, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Innovation; Interdisciplinary; Policy; Systems evolution; Value chains

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; INNOVATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; REGIONAL POLICY; TECHNOLOGY POLICY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84880515103     PISSN: 03023427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scipol/scs115     Document Type: Article

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