An ecological perspective on entrepreneurship in industrial districts

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-64

  Staber, Udo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business foundings; Industrial district; Proximity; Social embedded ness; Social network

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038751691     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985629700000003     Document Type: Article

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