Clusters and regional development: Some cautionary observations from the semiconductor industry

Information Economics and Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 157-180

  McCann, Philip ^a,b   Arita, Tomokazu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clustering; Knowledge spillovers; Semiconductor industry; Transactions costs

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; MAPPING; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE;

INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERING; KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS; SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY; TRANSACTION COSTS;

ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY;

INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT;

EID: 33644884960     PISSN: 01676245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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