Regional networks of small and medium sized enterprises: Evidence from the metropolitan area of Ottawa in Canada

European Planning Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 173-189

  Doloreux, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL LINKAGE; INNOVATION; METROPOLITAN AREA; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; OTTAWA;

EID: 2342505915     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0965431042000183923     Document Type: Article

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