Creation and Alignment of the Eco-innovation Strategy Model to Regional Innovation Strategy: A Case from Lahti (Päijät-Häme Region), Finland

European Planning Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1212-1234

  Panapanaan, Virgilio ^a   Uotila, Tuomo ^a   Jalkala, Anne ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INNOVATION; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; STAKEHOLDER; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY;

FINLAND; LAHTI; PAIJAT-HAME;

EID: 84902536527     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2013.774322     Document Type: Article

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