Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Regional Policy: A Sympathetic Critique

European Planning Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1759-1769

  Stam, Erik ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

economic policy; entrepreneurial ecosystems; entrepreneurship; regional policy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC POLICY; ENTREPRENEUR; PRODUCTIVITY; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL ECONOMY; REGIONAL POLICY;

EID: 84937252414     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2015.1061484     Document Type: Article

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