Adapting smart specialisation to a micro-economy – the case of Malta

European Journal of Innovation Management

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 428-447

  Georghiou, Luke ^a   Uyarra, Elvira ^a   Scerri, Ramona Saliba ^b   Castillo, Nadine ^b   Harper, Jennifer Cassingena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Malta Council for Science and Technology   (Malta)

Author keywords

Innovation; Malta; Micro economies; Small firms; Smart specialisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84914669182     PISSN: 14601060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EJIM-03-2014-0026     Document Type: Article

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