Industrial districts: Something more than a neighbourhood

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 503-524

  Molina Morales, F Xavier ^a   Martínez Fernández, M Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Industrial district; Innovation; Knowledge; Relational capital

Indexed keywords

FIRM SIZE; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; NEIGHBORHOOD; RELOCATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

EID: 33751326369     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985620600884750     Document Type: Conference Paper

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