Technological capabilities in small and medium enterprise clusters: review of international experience and implications for developing countries

Science, Technology and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 32-49

  Adeboye, Titus ^a  

^a African Technol Plcy Studs Netwk   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRM CHARACTERISTICS; INDUSTRIAL CHARACTERISTICS; INDUSTRIAL CLUSTER; INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS; INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITY;

EID: 0030324440     PISSN: 09500707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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