Innovation, Democracy and Efficiency: Exploring the Innovation Puzzle within the European Unionβs Regional Development Policies
β Scribed by Francesco Grillo, Raffaella Y. Nanetti (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 254
- Series
- Palgrave Advances in Regional and Urban Economics
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
The Challenge of Innovation Policies....Pages 1-28
Regional Case Studies and Institutional Settings....Pages 29-59
Innovation and the Puzzle of Devolution in the UK....Pages 60-111
Spain and Innovation as a Political Imperative....Pages 112-159
Conclusions: Innovation as a Political Project....Pages 160-194
Back Matter....Pages 195-237
β¦ Subjects
Development Economics;International Economics;Corporate Governance;Democracy;Regional Development;Urban Economics
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