Smart specialisation, entrepreneurship and SMEs: issues and challenges for a results-oriented EU regional policy

Small Business Economics

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 537-552

  McCann, Philip ^a   Ortega Argilés, Raquel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Innovation; Policy; Regions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958751190     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-016-9707-z     Document Type: Article

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