Local upgrading strategies in response to global challenges: The surgical instrument cluster of Tuttlingen, Germany

Local Enterprises in the Global Economy: Issues of Governance and Upgrading

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 200-232

  Halder, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

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EID: 13944254537     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781843769743.00015     Document Type: Chapter

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