Industrial clusters, knowledge integration and performance

World Development

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 305-326

  Morosini, Piero ^a  

^a IMD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Business competition; Economic linkages; Industrial clusters; Knowledge integration; Regional policy; Social fabric

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; KNOWLEDGE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0942278106     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2002.12.001     Document Type: Article

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