The territorial agglomerations of firms: A social capital perspective from the spanish tile industry

Growth and Change

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 74-99

  Molina Morales, F Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; MANUFACTURING;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 14844364444     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2257.2005.00267.x     Document Type: Article

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