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Special Issue: Transformative change and policy-making in Europe: from policy to multi-level implementation

The complexity of contemporary innovation policy and its governance in Finland

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Pages 547-568 | Received 22 Apr 2019, Accepted 17 Oct 2020, Published online: 16 Nov 2020

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