Regional clusters and competitiveness: The Norwegian case

European Planning Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-76

  Isaksen, Arne ^a  

^a NORDIC INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN INNOVATION   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; EMPLOYMENT TRENDS; INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERING; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; REGIONAL PATTERN; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

NORWAY;

EID: 0030861532     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654319708720384     Document Type: Article

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