Demand, challenges, and innovation. Making sense of new trends in innovation policy

Science and Public Policy

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 435-447

  Boon, Wouter ^a   Edler, Jakob ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demand; Innovation policy; Societal challenges

Indexed keywords

EID: 85053777312     PISSN: 03023427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/SCIPOL/SCY014     Document Type: Article

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