Business clusters in the South: A critical appraisal from Indonesian evidence

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 227-243

  Perry, Martin ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Business clusters; Business location; Cluster theory; Development; Indonesia

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; BUSINESS; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 23244454383     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0129-7619.2005.00215.x     Document Type: Article

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