Do firms benefit from spatial proximity?: Testing the relation between spatial proximity and the performance of small software firms in the Netherlands

Nederlandse Geografische Studies

Volumn , Issue 336, 2006, Pages 1-186

  Weterings, Anet B R ^a  

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INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SOFTWARE; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 31444450785     PISSN: 01694839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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