The cluster as market organisation

Urban Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 991-1009

  Maskell, Peter ^a   Lorenzen, Mark ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; RENT SEEKING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; TRANSACTION COST;

EID: 2942750112     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00420980410001675878     Document Type: Review

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