Innovation policy: What, why, and how

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 2-23

  Edler, Jakob ^a   Fagerberg, Jan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Innovation; Innovation policy; Innovation system

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INNOVATION; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 85016169828     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grx001     Document Type: Article

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