The internal heterogeneity of industrial districts in Italy, Brazil and Mexico

Regional Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 97-108

  Rabellotti, Roberta ^a   Schmitz, Hubert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collective efficiency; Industrial development; Industrial districts; Small scale enterprises

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

BRAZIL; ITALY; MEXICO;

EID: 0033044733     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343409950122909     Document Type: Article

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