The firms that feed industrial districts: A return to the Italian source

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 235-266

  Lazerson, Mark H ^a   Lorenzoni, Gianni ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

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EID: 0000157329     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/8.2.235     Document Type: Article

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