Kaleidoscope economies: The processes of cooperation, competition, and control in regional economic development

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 481-506

  Patchell, Jerry ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Competition; Control; Evolution; Interfirm relationships; Involution; Kaleidoscope economies; Regional development

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE STRATEGY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION; INTERFIRM RELATION; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0030423660     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.1996.tb01763.x     Document Type: Article

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