Specialization in a declining industrial district

Growth and Change

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 475-495

  Staber, Udo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLEXIBLE SPECIALISATION; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS; MANUFACTURING; TEXTILE AND CLOTHING INDUSTRY;

GERMANY, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG;

EID: 0031463198     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2257.1997.tb00989.x     Document Type: Article

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