Toward a multidimensional conception of clusters: The case of the Leipzig media industry, Germany

Cultural Industries and the Production of Culture

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 147-168

  Bathelt, Harald ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 19044381281     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203392263     Document Type: Chapter

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