Experiments in the laboratories of democracy: State scientific capacity building

Economic Development Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 107-131

  Feldman, Maryann P ^a   Lanahan, Lauren ^a   Lendel, Iryna V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eminent scholars; Innovation capacity; State economic development policy; University research grants

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; DEMOCRACY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC POLICY; INNOVATION; STATE LED DEVELOPMENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR; ACADEMIC RESEARCH; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

EID: 84904980908     PISSN: 08912424     EISSN: 15523543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891242413490018     Document Type: Article

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