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GENERAL PAPERS

Efforts to Implement Smart Specialization in Practice—Leading Unlike Horses to the Water

Pages 2079-2098 | Received 11 Nov 2014, Accepted 23 Dec 2014, Published online: 25 Jan 2015

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