Spatial scaling of regional strategic programmes in Finland: A qualitative study of clusters and innovation systems

Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 216-227

  Makkonen, Teemu ^a   Inkinen, Tommi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

cluster; development; innovation policy; scale; spatiality

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INNOVATION; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL POLICY; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

FINLAND;

EID: 84903385002     PISSN: 00291951     EISSN: 15025292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00291951.2014.924551     Document Type: Article

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