Uncovering the link between governance as an innovation process and socio-economic regime transition in cities

Research Policy

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 241-251

  Simmons, Geoff ^a   Giraldo, Jorge Esteban Diez ^b   Truong, Yann ^c   Palmer, Mark ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b RENNES SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BOURGOGNE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Cities; Reflexive governance; Regime transition; Social exclusion; Socio economic regime; Transition management

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

CITIES; REFLEXIVE GOVERNANCES; REGIME TRANSITION; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; TRANSITION MANAGEMENT;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 85033554165     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2017.11.002     Document Type: Article

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