Dynamics of knowledge diffusion: the ICT sector in Lombardy

Regional Science Policy and Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 453-473

  Caragliu, Andrea ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

downgrading; ICTs; knowledge; L23; L63; O30; patterns of innovation; R12

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007544802     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rsp3.12021     Document Type: Article

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