Competition, collaboration and the new industrial districts: Examining the institutional turn in local economic development

Urban Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 951-968

  Raco, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT;

EID: 0032867778     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0042098993295     Document Type: Article

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