Shared performance: The proactive diffusion of competitiveness and industrial and local development

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 286-305

  Ettlinger, Nancy ^a   Patton, Wendy ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitiveness; Diffusion; Firm performance; Industrial policy; Inter firm relations; Local development; Partnership; Worker welfare

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; INTERFIRM RELATIONS; LOCAL DEVELOPMENT;

USA;

EID: 0030448295     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.1996.tb01754.x     Document Type: Article

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