Local economic development: Changing the parameters?

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 159-178

  D’arcy, Éamonn ^a   Guissani, Bruno ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b Ministry of Human Development   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Development ethos; Enterprise culture; Industrial districts; Innovative milieu; Local economic development

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001536649     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985629600000010     Document Type: Article

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