Innovation in complex capital projects: Clustering and dispersion in two cases from Argentina and the UK

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-82

  Alderman, Neil ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capital projects; Clusters; Innovation; Networks

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ARGENTINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 0742284948     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/4.1.65     Document Type: Article

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