Four dangers in innovation policy studies – and how to avoid them

Industry and Innovation

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 177-188

  Flanagan, Kieron ^a   Uyarra, Elvira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

co ordination; evaluation; implementation; Innovation policy; policy mixes

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; TECHNOLOGY POLICY;

EID: 84961197972     PISSN: 13662716     EISSN: 14698390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13662716.2016.1146126     Document Type: Article

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