'Best practices' and the dilemma of regional cluster policy in Europe

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 452-457

  Hospers, Gert Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 23244435083     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2005.00476.x     Document Type: Article

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