Old and new forms of clustering and production networks in changing technological regimes: Contrasting evidence from Taiwan and Italy

Science, Technology and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-38

  Guerrieri, Paolo ^a   Pietrobelli, Carlo ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TAIWAN;

EID: 33744819448     PISSN: 09717218     EISSN: 09730796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/097172180501100102     Document Type: Article

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