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Leadership and governance challenges in delivering place-based transformation through smart specialisation: Insights and policy implications from a metropolitan innovation leader region

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  • Fil Kristensen, Iryna

    (HEC Montreal)

  • Pugh, Rhiannon

    (CIRCLE, Lund University)

  • Grillitsch, Markus

    (CIRCLE, Lund University)

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  • Fil Kristensen, Iryna & Pugh, Rhiannon & Grillitsch, Markus, 2022. "Leadership and governance challenges in delivering place-based transformation through smart specialisation: Insights and policy implications from a metropolitan innovation leader region," Papers in Innovation Studies 2022/6, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research.
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    smart specialisation; change agency; regional development;
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    • R58 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - Regional Development Planning and Policy

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