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How to Improve the Region’s Ability to Learn: A Micro-level Model on Regional Actor's Knowledge and (Informal) Learning Processes

In: Foundations of the Knowledge Economy

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  • Manfred Walser
  • Roland Scherer

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This book presents new evidence concerning the influential role of context and institutions on the relations between knowledge, innovation, clusters and learning. From a truly international perspective, the expert contributors capture the most interesting and relevant aspects of knowledge economy.

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  • Manfred Walser & Roland Scherer, 2012. "How to Improve the Region’s Ability to Learn: A Micro-level Model on Regional Actor's Knowledge and (Informal) Learning Processes," Chapters, in: Knut Ingar Westeren (ed.), Foundations of the Knowledge Economy, chapter 9, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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