Foresight and innovation: Emergence and resilience of the Cleantech Cluster at Lahti, Finland

Re-framing Regional Development: Evolution, Innovation and Transition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 203-233

  Melkas, Helinä ^a   Uotila, Tuomo ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

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