Smart Specialization, Regional Growth and Applications to European Union Cohesion Policy

Regional Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1291-1302

  McCann, Philip ^a   Ortega Argilés, Raquel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cohesion policy; European Union; Innovation; Place based; Smart; Specialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937525734     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2013.799769     Document Type: Article

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