Firm formations and regional clusters. A stage model with quantitative, qualitative and systemic factors;Unternehmensgründungen und regionale Cluster. Ein Stufenmodell mit quantitativen, qualitativen und systemischen Faktoren

Zeitschrift fur Wirtschaftsgeographie

Volumn 49, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 131-149

  Menzel, Max Peter ^a   Fornahl, Dirk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Max Planck Institut für Ökonomik   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; MODELING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 27744465663     PISSN: 00443751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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