The district effect and the competitiveness of manufacturing companies in local productive systems

Urban Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2085-2098

  Costa Campi, M Teresa ^a   Viladecans Marsal, Elisabet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING;

SPAIN;

EID: 0033452309     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0042098992557     Document Type: Article

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