The impact of policy measures to stimulate private demand for innovation

Handbook of Innovation Policy Impact

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 318-354

  Edler, Jakob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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