Coordination mechanisms based on cooperation and competition within Industrial Districts: An agent-based computational approach

JASSS

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Albino, Vito ^a   Carbonara, Nunzia ^a   Giannoccaro, Ilaria ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Agent based Computational Approach; Coordination Mechanisms; Industrial Districts

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EID: 3042687999     PISSN: 14607425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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