The relationship between regional compactness and regional innovation capacity (RIC): Empirical evidence from a national study

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 142, Issue , 2019, Pages 394-402

  Hamidi, Shima ^a   Zandiatashbar, Ahoura ^a   Bonakdar, Ahmad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Built environment; Compactness; Innovation economy; Regional innovation capacity; Urban form

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PUBLIC POLICY; REGIONAL PLANNING;

ACCESSIBILITY; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; COMPACTNESS; REGIONAL INNOVATION CAPACITIES; URBAN FORM;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

ACCESSIBILITY; AGGLOMERATION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FIRM SIZE; INNOVATION; METROPOLITAN AREA; SOCIAL CAPITAL; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN SPRAWL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 85050245039     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2018.07.026     Document Type: Article

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