Facilitators of national innovation policy in a SME-dominated country: A case study of Taiwan

Innovation: Management, Policy and Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 405-415

  Chen, Chia Yi ^a   Lin, Yu Ling ^b   Chu, Po Young ^c  

^a NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIN YI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hsinchu Science based Industrial Park (HSIP); Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI); National innovation policy; Taiwan; Triple helix model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940178422     PISSN: 14479338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/impp.2013.15.4.405     Document Type: Article

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