Towards an explanation of regional specialization and industry agglomeration

European Planning Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-41

  Malmberg, Anders ^a   Maskell, Peter ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; OECD COUNTRIES; PROXIMITY ROLE; REGIONAL SPECIALISATION;

EID: 0030863517     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654319708720382     Document Type: Article

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