Trajectories of industrial districts: Impact of strategic intervention in medical districts

Economic Geography

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 68-98

  Llobrera, Joseph T ^a   Meyer, David R ^b   Nammacher, Gregory ^c  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Isaiah St Paul Ecumenical Alliance of Congregations   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical industrial district; Minneapolis; Philadelphia; Social networks; Strategic intervention; Trajectory

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL INDUSTRY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; UNITED STATES;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; SOCIAL NETWORK; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034105556     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2000.tb00134.x     Document Type: Article

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