Innovation and cooperation during the emergence of local industrial clusters: An empirical study in Germany

European Planning Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 921-938

  Brenner, Thomas ^a  

^a Max Planck Working Group   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; INDUSTRIAL LINKAGE; INNOVATION; MANUFACTURING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; WORLD;

EID: 23844529475     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654310500188522     Document Type: Article

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