Modelling innovation support systems for regional development - analysis of cluster structures in innovation in Portugal

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 23-46

  Vaz, Eric ^a   de Noronha Vaz, Teresa ^a   Galindo, Purificacion Vicente ^a   Nijkamp, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

entrepreneurship; logistic biplot; modelling innovation; principal coordinates analysis; regional development; regional innovation systems

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENTREPRENEUR; INNOVATION; MODELING; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84893097260     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2013.860193     Document Type: Article

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