Boldrini, Jean-Claude; Schieb-Bienfait, Nathalie; … - In: European Planning Studies 19 (2010) 5, pp. 775-793
In the 1980s, public bodies became aware of the importance of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in regional economic development. In order to stimulate their innovativeness and to overcome their inward limits, public policies set up innovation agencies all over European countries....