Shared, competitive, and comparative advantages: A competence-based view of industrial-district competitiveness

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2227-2256

  Camisón, César ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; COMPETITIVENESS; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 11044225554     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a3759     Document Type: Review

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