Clusters and rivalry: Does localization really matter?

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 467-489

  Boari, Cristina ^a   Odorici, Vincenza ^a   Zamarian, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geographical cluster; Localization; Rivalry; Visual mapping

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242267627     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0956-5221(03)00035-6     Document Type: Article

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