Path dependence in regional development: persistence and change in three industrial clusters in Santa Catarina, Brazil

World Development

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1495-1511

  Meyer Stamer, Jörg ^a  

^a Institute for Development and Peace   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0032147594     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(98)00072-2     Document Type: Article

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