Prospective evaluation of a cluster program for finnish forestry and forest industries

International Transactions in Operational Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 139-154

  Salo, A ^a   Gustafsson, T ^a   Mild, P ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Decision support; Multi criteria methods; Research evaluation; Technology foresight

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964058277     PISSN: 09696016     EISSN: 14753995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3995.2004.00447.x     Document Type: Article

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