Regional Innovation Policy and Innovative Behaviour: Looking for Additional Effects

European Planning Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 64-83

  Antonioli, Davide ^a,b   Marzucchi, Alberto ^c,d   Montresor, Sandro ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^d INGENIO CSIC UPV Technical University of Valencia   (Spain)

^e JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; DATA SET; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; INNOVATION; REGIONAL POLICY;

EMILIA-ROMAGNA; ITALY;

EMILIA;

EID: 84891843069     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2012.722977     Document Type: Article

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