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Smart Specialisation: what gets lost in translation from concept to practice?

Carlo Gianellea European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Seville, Spain. [email protected]ORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0725-0347
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Fabrizio Guzzob European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Seville, Spain.Correspondence[email protected]
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Krzysztof Mieszkowskic European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Seville, Spain. [email protected]
Pages 1377-1388 | Received 10 Apr 2018, Published online: 22 May 2019

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